gustful

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gustful¹

Where it comes from

From gust + -ful.

adjective more gustful · most gustful

  1. gusty [T]hey sat / Beneath a world-old yew-tree, darkening half / The cloisters, on a gustful April morn / That puff'd the swaying branches into smoke / Above them, […]
  2. obsolete tasty; good-tasting The said season being passed, there is no danger or difficulty to keep it [preserved meat] gustful all the year long.

gustful²

Where it comes from

From gust + -ful.

noun gustfuls · gustsful

  1. uncommon An amount carried in a gust. The wind, ruffling up the lane, drove a gustful of loose sand against her like spray, and bore in the hollow boom of breaking waves, which seemed to take her breath.

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