fullness
English
/ˈfʊlnəs/
noun
Definitions
- Being full; completeness.
- The degree to which a space is full.
- (figurative) The degree to which fate has become known.
- (bodybuilding): A measure of the degree to which a muscle has increased in size parallel to the axis of its contraction. A full muscle fills more of the space along the part of the body where it is connected.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fulnesse inherited from Old English fulnes suffix from English full (plenty, entire, fullness).
Origin
English
full
Gloss
plenty, entire, fullness
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Quiverfull English
- chock full English
- fouth English
- full English
- full well English
- full-bodied English
- full-born English
- full-bosomed English
- full-bound English
- full-course yellow English
- full-eyed English
- full-faced English
- full-fledged English
- full-fleshed English
- full-flowing English
- full-fortuned English
- full-fraught English
- full-handed English
- full-hearted English
- full-hot English
- full-length English
- full-looking English
- full-mouth English
- full-souled English
- full-summed English
- full-throttle English
- full-time English
- fullage English
- fullback English
- fullcourt English
- fullen English
- fullhead English
- fulling English
- fullish English
- fullmade English
- fullscreen English
- fullsib English
- fullstanding English
- fullwidth English
- fullwise English
- fully English
- fulth English
- handful English
- nonfull English
- overfull English
- topfull English
- underfull English
- unfull English
- full French
- a full Spanish, Castilian
- フル Japanese
- ful Polish
- fulnes Old English
- fūl Old English
- full Middle English
- fulnesse Middle English
- full
- fully
- fulth
- fouth
- unfull
- fullen
- fullish
- fulling
- fullage
- fullsib
- nonfull
- handful
- topfull
- fullwise
- fullhead
- fullback
- full-hot
- overfull
- fullmade
- underfull
- fullwidth
- fullcourt
- full-time
- full-born
- full well
- full-eyed
- chock full
- Quiverfull
- full-bound
- full-mouth
- fullscreen
- full-faced
- full-length
- full-summed
- full-handed
- full-bodied
- full-souled
- full-bosomed
- full-flowing
- full-looking
- full-fledged
- full-fleshed
- full-fraught
- full-hearted
- fullstanding
- full-throttle
- full-fortuned
- full-course yellow