"bookful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more bookful [comparative], most bookful [superlative]
Etymology: From book + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|book|ful|pos=adjective}} book + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} bookful (comparative more bookful, superlative most bookful)
  1. (obsolete) Full of book-knowledge; stuffed with ideas gleaned from books. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-bookful-en-adj-tpg2Rn9K Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 74 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: bookfuls [plural], booksful [plural]
Etymology: From book + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|book|ful|pos=noun}} book + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|booksful}} bookful (plural bookfuls or booksful)
  1. As much as a book holds.
    Sense id: en-bookful-en-noun-YqqorXfQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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