"batful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more batful [comparative], most batful [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English batful, badfull, perhaps from Old English *batfull, equivalent to bat (“to improve"; as in "battle, batten”) + -ful. Compare also Old Norse bati (“improvement, profit, usefulness”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|batful}} Middle English batful, {{m|enm|badfull}} badfull, {{inh|en|ang|*batfull}} Old English *batfull, {{suf|en||ful|alt1=bat|gloss1=to improve"; as in "battle, batten|pos=adjective}} bat (“to improve"; as in "battle, batten”) + -ful, {{cog|non|bati|t=improvement, profit, usefulness}} Old Norse bati (“improvement, profit, usefulness”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} batful (comparative more batful, superlative most batful)
  1. (dialectal or obsolete) Rich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil. Tags: dialectal, obsolete Synonyms: batten [obsolete], battle [obsolete], batfull [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-batful-en-adj-QV01TprY Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header

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