partyful

English

Etymology 1

party +‎ -ful

Noun

partyful (plural partyfuls)

  1. As much as makes up a party.
    • 1953, Farm Journal - Volume 77, page 138:
      A woo session on a public scale can leave everybody feeling pretty cheap, thinking back on it. So — the answer is to dream up a partyful of livelier pursuits.
    • 2012, Nigella Lawson, Nigellissima: Instant Italian Inspiration:
      This is not because I am a huge fan of the cute – you know that – but because it means you have a tiramisu worth making for fewer people (you don't need a partyful), and in less time.
    • 2014, R. V. Cassill, The Father: And Other Stories:
      Once he had suggested to her that she ought to paste a partyful of her friends onto a collage and call it “The Death of FDR,” and when she had simply nodded, said, “Fair enough,” he was sure she knew as well as he how deeply she had chosen to commit herself to the impossibilities her collections represented.
    • 2015, Susan Napier, A Passionate Proposition:
      She didn't fancy having to deal with two recalcitrant, and quite possibly drunken, teenagers on her own, let alone a whole partyful.

Etymology 2

party +‎ -ful

Adjective

partyful (comparative more partyful, superlative most partyful)

  1. Inclined towards or having parties.
    • 1991, J. C. Johari, Governments and politics of South Asia, page 316:
      Pakistan looks like experimenting with a partyful democracy at one time and with a partyless 'facade democracy' at another.
    • 2008, Liselotte Erdrich, Night Train: Stories, page 58:
      Combined with the constant angry fried-egg sun, it made people sort of thirsty and partyful I guess.

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