bräddfull
Swedish
Etymology
brädd + full, used since 1642.
Adjective
bräddfull (not comparable)
- brimful, topfull, completely full, packed full, almost overflowing
- din själ har hällts bräddfull av jagande fasor
- your soul has been poured brimful of haunting fears
- Shakespeare, Macbeth, act I, scene 5, Hagberg's translation
- Fyllen mig Från topp till tå bräddfull med värsta grymhet Och gören tjockt mitt blod
- And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty, Make thick my blood
- Fyllen mig Från topp till tå bräddfull med värsta grymhet Och gören tjockt mitt blod
- din själ har hällts bräddfull av jagande fasor
Declension
| Inflection of bräddfull | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | bräddfull | — | — |
| Neuter singular | bräddfullt | — | — |
| Plural | bräddfulla | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | bräddfulle | — | — |
| All | bräddfulla | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
Synonyms
- bräddfylld
References
- bräddfull in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
- bräddfull in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
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