English Explanatory Dictionary

leaful

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Full of faith; believing.
  2. Faithful.

Word forms

leaful more leaful most leaful leafful

Etymology

From Middle English leful, lefful, leafful, from Old English lēaffull, ġelēafful (“full of belief, full of faith, believing, faithful”), equivalent to leave + -ful. Cognate with Scots leful, levefull (“right, permissible, legal, just”).

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