"songful" meaning in English

See songful in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more songful [comparative], most songful [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English songful, equivalent to song + -ful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|songful}} Middle English songful, {{suffix|en|song|ful|pos=adjective}} song + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} songful (comparative more songful, superlative most songful)
  1. (rare) Disposed or able to sing; melodious Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-songful-en-adj-t5Fp0eYU
  2. Tending toward, or having the character of, song
    Sense id: en-songful-en-adj-TXAlO~tY Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful, English nouns with unattested plurals, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 78 14 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 13 64 23 Disambiguation of English nouns with unattested plurals: 16 58 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 77 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 85 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lyrical, melodious, songly
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: From song + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|song|ful|pos=noun}} song + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|!}} songful (plural not attested)
  1. An amount expressed in a song. Tags: no-plural
    Sense id: en-songful-en-noun-4agy2kH9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "songful"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English songful",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "song",
        "3": "ful",
        "pos": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "song + -ful",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English songful, equivalent to song + -ful.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more songful",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most songful",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "songful (comparative more songful, superlative most songful)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Disposed or able to sing; melodious"
      ],
      "id": "en-songful-en-adj-t5Fp0eYU",
      "links": [
        [
          "sing",
          "sing"
        ],
        [
          "melodious",
          "melodious"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Disposed or able to sing; melodious"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English adjectives suffixed with -ful",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 78 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 64 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English nouns suffixed with -ful",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 58 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English nouns with unattested plurals",
          "parents": [
            "Nouns with unattested plurals",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 77 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 85 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007 June 17, The New York Times, “While Lyrical Moments Abound, Tension Sometimes Simmers”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "But all this attention to Mr. Hamelin’s technical command should not be taken to imply any deficiency in more songful or lyrical moments.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tending toward, or having the character of, song"
      ],
      "id": "en-songful-en-adj-TXAlO~tY",
      "links": [
        [
          "song",
          "song"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lyrical"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "melodious"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "songly"
    }
  ],
  "word": "songful"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "song",
        "3": "ful",
        "pos": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "song + -ful",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From song + -ful.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "!"
      },
      "expansion": "songful (plural not attested)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1989, Kurt Gänzl, Andrew Lamb, Gänzl's book of the musical theatre, page 67:",
          "text": "...just as the gondolieri have the useful thought that they will be able to run their kingdom on exemplary egalitarian lines as a compensation for the unrepublican activity of kingship ('For Every One Who Feels Inclined'), as they set off for Barataria to a songful of good advice from their new little wives ('Do Not Forget You've Married Me') who are left waving goodbye to them from the canal bank.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Steven Suskin, Broadway Yearbook 2001-2002: A Relevant and Irreverent Record:",
          "text": "“Trouble” is a songful of words, and Patinkin delivered each and every one of them.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Barnaby B. Barratt, Psychoanalysis and the Postmodern Impulse:",
          "text": "In the Cuna treatment many interpretations — a songful of them — appear to \"come from\" the shaman and to be imposed on the patient by this clinician.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An amount expressed in a song."
      ],
      "id": "en-songful-en-noun-4agy2kH9",
      "links": [
        [
          "song",
          "song"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "no-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "songful"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English adjectives suffixed with -ful",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns suffixed with -ful",
    "English nouns with unattested plurals",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "songful"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English songful",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "song",
        "3": "ful",
        "pos": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "song + -ful",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English songful, equivalent to song + -ful.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more songful",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most songful",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "songful (comparative more songful, superlative most songful)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Disposed or able to sing; melodious"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sing",
          "sing"
        ],
        [
          "melodious",
          "melodious"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Disposed or able to sing; melodious"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007 June 17, The New York Times, “While Lyrical Moments Abound, Tension Sometimes Simmers”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "But all this attention to Mr. Hamelin’s technical command should not be taken to imply any deficiency in more songful or lyrical moments.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tending toward, or having the character of, song"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "song",
          "song"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lyrical"
    },
    {
      "word": "melodious"
    },
    {
      "word": "songly"
    }
  ],
  "word": "songful"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns suffixed with -ful",
    "English nouns with unattested plurals",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "song",
        "3": "ful",
        "pos": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "song + -ful",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From song + -ful.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "!"
      },
      "expansion": "songful (plural not attested)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1989, Kurt Gänzl, Andrew Lamb, Gänzl's book of the musical theatre, page 67:",
          "text": "...just as the gondolieri have the useful thought that they will be able to run their kingdom on exemplary egalitarian lines as a compensation for the unrepublican activity of kingship ('For Every One Who Feels Inclined'), as they set off for Barataria to a songful of good advice from their new little wives ('Do Not Forget You've Married Me') who are left waving goodbye to them from the canal bank.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Steven Suskin, Broadway Yearbook 2001-2002: A Relevant and Irreverent Record:",
          "text": "“Trouble” is a songful of words, and Patinkin delivered each and every one of them.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Barnaby B. Barratt, Psychoanalysis and the Postmodern Impulse:",
          "text": "In the Cuna treatment many interpretations — a songful of them — appear to \"come from\" the shaman and to be imposed on the patient by this clinician.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An amount expressed in a song."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "song",
          "song"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "no-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "songful"
}

Download raw JSONL data for songful meaning in English (3.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (65a6e81 and 0dbea76). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.