-ful
a suffix meaning “full of,” “characterized by” (shameful; beautiful; careful; thoughtful); “tending to,” “able to” (wakeful; harmful); “as much as will fill” (spoonful).
usage note
-ful
suffix
(forming adjectives) full of or characterized by painful, spiteful, restful
(forming adjectives) able or tending to helpful, useful
(forming nouns) indicating as much as will fill the thing specified mouthful, spoonful
usage note
word origin
-ful
o.e. -full, -ful, from suffix use of full (adj.).
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suffix a variant of -gen