brimful
English
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]brimful (not comparable)
- Filled to maximum capacity.
- [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:
- So weighty was the cup, / That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.
Derived terms
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[edit]filled to overflowing
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Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]brimful (plural brimfuls)
- The maximum amount a container can hold.
- 2001, P. Koslowski, The Origin and the Overcoming of Evil and Suffering in the World Religions, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 17:
- If the glass is cracked, it cannot contain a brimful of water; and if and only if the water is calm enough, it can reflect the moon in the sky without distortion.
- 2012, Thaddeus Hatter, Malice in Wonderland: What Every Law Student Should Have for the Trip, The Fine Print Press, →ISBN:
- As I listened to the words as they were coming out of my mouth, I realized that I sounded like Ozzy Osborne after three brimfuls of Merlot and a handful of Vicodin .
- (figurative) A large amount.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lot
- 1997, Tjinder Singh (lyrics and music), “Brimful Of Asha”, performed by Cornershop:
- Brimful of Asha on the forty-five / Well, it's a brimful of Asha on the forty-five
- 2002, Hayley Ann Solomon, A Scandalous Connection, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN:
- Such a suggestion—even a timid one in her own head—would have been met with a brimful of scorn.