"dreamful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more dreamful [comparative], most dreamful [superlative]
Etymology: From dream + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dream|ful|pos=adjective}} dream + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} dreamful (comparative more dreamful, superlative most dreamful)
  1. (poetic) Dreamy Tags: poetic
    Sense id: en-dreamful-en-adj-O4HLLZrw Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 76 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: dreamfuls [plural], dreamsful [plural]
Etymology: From dream + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dream|ful|pos=noun}} dream + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|dreamsful}} dreamful (plural dreamfuls or dreamsful)
  1. As much as one can dream about.
    Sense id: en-dreamful-en-noun-Muw3zntZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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