workful

English

Etymology

From Middle English workvol, from Old English weorcful (“active, industrious”), equivalent to work +‎ -ful.

Adjective

workful (comparative more workful, superlative most workful)

  1. (rare) Full of activity or work; laborious; industrious.
    • 1854, Charles Dickens, Hard Times: A Novel:
      You saw nothing in Coketown but what was severely workful.
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