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Curseful vs Purseful - What's the difference?

curseful | purseful |

As an adjective curseful

is horrendous, horrific.

As a noun purseful is

as much as a purse can hold.

curseful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (archaic) horrendous, horrific
  • *{{quote-book, year=1910, author=Josephine Preston Peabody, title=The Piper, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=Don't name the curseful place. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1890, author=Various, title=Ideal Commonwealths, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=They accuse themselves of ingratitude and malignity when any one denies a lawful satisfaction to another, of indolence, of sadness, of anger, of scurrility, of slander, and of lying, which curseful thing they thoroughly hate. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=, author=Tommaso Campanells, title=The City of the Sun, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=They accuse themselves of ingratitude and malignity when anyone denies a lawful satisfaction to another of indolence, of sadness, of anger, of scurrility, of slander, and of lying, which curseful thing they thoroughly hate. }}

    purseful

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • as much as a purse can hold