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beadful¹

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From Middle English bedeful, equivalent to bead (“prayer", later also "bead”) + -ful.

adjective more beadful · most beadful

  1. obsolete Prayerful.
  2. Full of or having beads; beaded Choice lay between the red and green pillow with the beadwork dog, and the thinner patchwork one with written names scrawling over it; and the beadful dog won out.

beadful²

Where it comes from

From bead + -ful.

noun beadfuls

  1. The amount contained in a bead This "beadful" of fluid caused eventual peeling of the paint.

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"beadful." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/beadful. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{beadful_2026,
  title = {beadful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beadful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}