halfful

English

Etymology

half +‎ -ful

Adjective

halfful (comparative more halfful, superlative most halfful)

  1. Alternative form of half full
    • 1966, Frank Elli, The Riot, page 124:
      Rick had a halfful gallon can in his hands.
    • 2000, Gerald Lewis Bray, Tudor Church Reform:
      A probable presumption being holpen by the affirmation of anyone witness, or with any halfful proof, doth make faith and persuadeth.
    • 2009, Sallie Brooker, Psalms of Revelations:
      When I looked down on the floor in the den, I saw a carton of orange juice and a bottle of vodka with a glass halfful of vodka and orange juice.
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