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Definition of Surgeful
1. a. Abounding in surges; surgy.
Definition of Surgeful
1. Adjective. Abounding in surges. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Surgeful
1. full of surges [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surgeful
Literary usage of Surgeful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1906)
"... full of angry life, which led an eminent critic immediately he saw it to
exclaim: " There, that's what I call water, real, live, angry, surgeful water. ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1815)
"... Or roam a vagrant through the land; Or in seditious countries bide; Or bound
o'er Ocean's surgeful tide ; Or dark Orion hide his head In stormy skies; ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... When as that mighty flood, most bravely flourish* Like Thetis' goodly self
majestically glides ; Vpon her spacious breast tossing the surgeful titles, ..."
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