batful

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batful

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From Middle English batful, badfull, perhaps from Old English *batfull, equivalent to bat (“to improve"; as in "battle, batten”) + -ful. Compare also Old Norse bati (“improvement, profit, usefulness”).

adjective more batful · most batful · batfull

dialectal, obsolete Rich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil. The batfull pastures fenc’t, and most with quickset mound, / The sundry sorts of soyle, diversitie of ground; […]
Similar: batten, battle

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@misc{batful_2026,
  title = {batful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/batful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}