gameful

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪmfʊl/, /ˈɡeɪmfəl/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English gameful, gamful; equivalent to game +‎ -ful. ==== Adjective ==== gameful (comparative more gameful, superlative most gameful) (archaic) Full of game (prey for a hunter). Synonym: game-filled Characteristic of prey; game-like. Having the characteristics of a game that can be played. Pertaining to games. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From game +‎ -ful. ==== Noun ==== gameful (plural gamefuls) A quantity found in a game. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === gamful gomeful (AB language) === Etymology === Either an alteration of gamenful after game +‎ -ful or a phonetic evolution of it parallel to the development of gamen (“game”) into game. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡaːm(ə)ful/, /ˈɡam(ə)ful/ IPA(key): /ˈɡɔməful/, /ˈɡɔməvul/ (early West Midland) === Adjective === gameful mirthful, merry ==== Descendants ==== English: gameful ==== References ==== “gām(e)ful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 July 2019.