"showerful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more showerful [comparative], most showerful [superlative]
Etymology: From shower + -ful. Likely coined by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shower|ful|pos=adjective}} shower + -ful, {{coin|en|Alfred, Lord Tennyson|nocap=1}} coined by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Head templates: {{en-adj}} showerful (comparative more showerful, superlative most showerful)
  1. Full of showers; rainy, teary, etc.
    Sense id: en-showerful-en-adj-gJN-WnjT 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: 53 47 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: showerfuls [plural], showersful [plural]
Etymology: shower + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shower|ful|pos=noun}} shower + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|showersful}} showerful (plural showerfuls or showersful)
  1. A quantity that falls in a shower.
    Sense id: en-showerful-en-noun-DkCVdOkY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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