suggestful

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English

Etymology

From suggest +‎ -ful.

Adjective

suggestful (comparative more suggestful, superlative most suggestful)

  1. (rare) Synonym of suggestive
    • 1851 August 13, “Editorial Correspondence”, in The New-York Evangelist, published 1851, page 1, column 1:
      The historical associations which cluster around this gay, eventful and scenic metropolis, are full of interest, and suggestful of reflection.
    • 1995, Joe R Lansdale, The Two-Bear Mambo, New York, N.Y.: The Mysterious Press, →ISBN, page 115:
      He smiled at her, slow and suggestful, like he might be thinking about how nice it would be to fondle her hair.
    • 2011, Adrian May, Myth and Creative Writing: The Self-Renewing Song, Harlow, Essex: Longman, →ISBN, page 76:
      The book has been mocked and criticised, especially by intellectuals, but offers to the writer a redefining and poetically suggestful reading of the way men are in the contemporary world.

Further reading

  • Paul McFedries (1996–2025) “suggestful”, in Word Spy, Logophilia Limited.
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