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Definition of Brimfull
1. Adjective. Filled to capacity. "Eyes brimming with tears"
Definition of Brimfull
1. Adjective. (obsolete spelling of brimful) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brimfull
1. brimful [adj] - See also: brimful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brimfull
Literary usage of Brimfull
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1834)
"Glancing his hawk-like eye along each line, the instant he sees a bottle not
brimfull, without listening to long-winded arguments, he at opee decides " that ..."
2. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford by Horace Walpole, Peter Cunningham (1891)
"... though two dreary wet days drove me to town ; but I returned to-day, and shall
stay here if the weather is tolerable, though London is brimfull—but then ..."
3. My Circular Notes: Extracts from Journals, Letters Sent Home, Geological and by John Francis Campbell (1876)
"It is the public bath, and it is brimfull of hot water and citizens of all sorts
and sizes, sexes and ages, bathing and conversing as people do elsewhere in ..."
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