voiceful

[ vois-fuhl ]

adjective

1. having a voice, especially a loud voice; sounding; sonorous.

voiceful

/ ˈvɔɪsfʊl /

adjective

1. endowed with a voice, esp of loud quality
2. full of voices

Derived Forms

• ˈvoicefulness, noun

Other Words From

• voiceful·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of voiceful¹

First recorded in 1605–15; voice + -ful

Example Sentences

It features a presumably mild-mannered fellow in a polo shirt who spots the “Man Signal” and barrels into a phone booth to emerge as a fedora-masked Not-All-Man, “defender of the defended” and “voice for the voiceful.”

From Time

I would not, however, on this account pronounce it to be the one silent member of a voiceful family, as my acquaintance with it is so very slight.

From Project Gutenberg

Beneath the tall pine's voiceful shadow I lie and drink thy jargoning; My soul is full with melodies, One drop would overflow it, And send the tears into mine eyes— But what car'st thou to know it?

From Project Gutenberg

In classic beauty, cold, immaculate, A voiceful sculpture, stern and still she stands, Upon her brow deep chiseled love and hate, That sorrow o'er dead roses in her hands.

From Project Gutenberg

When wand'ring 'neath the sighing trees, His soul waxed genial with the breeze, That, voiceful, from the piney glades Companioned seemed of Oreads; A Dryad life lived in each oak, And with its many leaf-tongues spoke, Glorying the deity whose power Gave it its life in sun and shower.

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