speechfulとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

speechful (comparative more speechful, superlative most speechful)

1. voluble; loquacious

   He was never speechful, and grew more word-shy with years.

   • 1914, Thomas Hardy, "In Front of the Landscape"

     O they were speechful faces, gazing insistent […]

語源 2

speech +‎ -ful

名詞

speechful (複数形 speechfuls)

1. The entire contents of a speech.
   • 1996, Jane W. Stedman, W.S. Gilbert: A Classic Victorian and His Theatre, page 57:

     Or again, the Queen delivers a speechful of Gilbert's Fun-liners: 'You never put gas pipes between your lips,

   • 2006, Derek Fewster, Visions of Past Glory:

     The Kalevala was only once given a whole speechful of attention ( 1 886), while the memorial status of the home and municipality of Elias Lonnrot was presented twice (1883 & 1885).