darkful, a. rare.
(ˈdɑːkfʊl)
[OE. deorcfull, f. deorc adj. dark: see -ful.]
Full of darkness.
| a 1050 Liber Scintill. lxi. (1889) 187 Eall lichama þin deorcfull byð. 1382 Wyclif Matt. vi. 23 Ȝif thyn eiȝe be weyward, al thi body shal be derkful. c 1470 Henry Wallace viii. 1182 The nycht was myrk, our drayff the dyrkfull chance. 1633 T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter i. 19 Pagans have a darkful night. 1875 M{supc}Clellan New Test. 390 The horrible degradation of mankind to a darkful existence. |