skyful means as much as a sky will hold. It carries an Arena rating of 1582, earned across 57 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, skyful ranks #272 of 17,140 for Most Whimsical Words, #842 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #950 of 17,163 for Funniest Words, #3,108 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words.
Why “skyful” is a great word
SKYFUL — [Noun] As much as a sky will hold; a full or abundant quantity filling the sky. From sky (from Old Norse ský, meaning "cloud") + the suffix -ful (meaning "full of" or "as much as will fill"). First attested in 1645 by Edward Reynolds. Unlike "multitude," which merely enumerates, or "abundance," which denotes general plenty, a skyful is a volumetric event, its quantity defined by the singular, vast vessel of the heavens. It is the precise measure for a dusk choked with starlings, for the slow drift of an armada of cumulus clouds, or for the unbroken, oppressive gray of an oncoming winter storm—the acknowledgment that some quantities are too immense for any container but the one that already arches over everything.
Etymology
From sky + -ful.
noun
- As much as a sky will hold.e.g.“From this chaotic skyful of crowding flakes the mead and moor momentarily received additional clothing, only to appear momentarily more naked thereby.” — 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From The Madding Crowd:
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