headful

noun, adj — 2 senses

noun

Etymology From head + -ful.

An amount of information, emotion, etc. present in the mind.

The headful of stories you gather over a lifetime lets you refold the time and space of your history into meaningful, tellable patterns.1994, National Storytelling Association (U.S.), Sheila Dailey, Tales as tools: the power of story in the classroom (page 15)

adj

Etymology From head + -ful.

Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences That fills the head of a phage

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