BREATHFUL

Etymology 1

Adjective

breathful (comparative more breathful, superlative most breathful)

That breathes.

Focused on control of one's breathing.

Full of breath; breathy.

Characteristic of a breath; breath-like.

Not breathless; breathing easily.

Relaxed and quiet.

(obsolete) Full of odour; fragrant.

Etymology 2

Noun

breathful (plural breathfuls or breathsful)

That which is smelled or sensed in one breath.

A quantity that is inhaled in one breath.

The amount spoken on one breath.

A quantity that is exhaled in one breath.

Source: Wiktionary


Breath"ful, a.

Definition: Full of breath; full of odor; fragrant. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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