"beadful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more beadful [comparative], most beadful [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English bedeful, equivalent to bead (“prayer", later also "bead”) + -ful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bedeful}} Middle English bedeful, {{suffix|en|bead|ful|pos=adjective|t1=prayer", later also "bead}} bead (“prayer", later also "bead”) + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} beadful (comparative more beadful, superlative most beadful)
  1. (obsolete) Prayerful. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-beadful-en-adj-ggLZCLfu Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 48 4 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 53 36 11
  2. Full of or having beads; beaded
    Sense id: en-beadful-en-adj-HIP3RtO4 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 48 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: beadfuls [plural]
Etymology: bead + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bead|ful|pos=noun}} bead + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun}} beadful (plural beadfuls)
  1. The amount contained in a bead
    Sense id: en-beadful-en-noun-0mmU2sw~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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