hapful

English

Etymology

From hap +‎ -ful.

Adjective

hapful (comparative more hapful, superlative most hapful)

  1. (poetic, rare) Full of happenings; eventful.
    • 2002, John G. Neihardt, A Cycle of the West:
      Along about the blanching of the east, / When sleep is weirdest and a moment's flight, / Remembered coextensive with the night, / May teem with hapful years; / as light in smoke / Upon the jumble of Hugh's dreaming broke / A buzz of human voices.
  2. (poetic, rare) Lucky; happy. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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