topful

adj

topful

adj

/ˈtɒpfʊl/

Etymology From top + -ful.

1

Archaic Full to the top; full to the brim.

  • Topful of direst cruelty.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:
  • So topful of himself, that he let it spill on all the company.1741, I[saac] Watts, The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], →OCLC:

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