different between gutful vs gustful

English

Alternative forms

• gutsful (chiefly New Zealand)

Etymology

gut +? -ful

Pronunciation

Noun

gutful (plural gutfuls or gutsful)

1. (informal) As much as a gut (abdomen) will hold.

   He drank a gutful of beer.

   • 2010, Gary Corby, The Pericles Commission, unnumbered page,

     Stratonike laughed, great gutfuls of loud raucous laughter that carried across the crowd.

2. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) As much as one is willing to hear or experience; too much.

   I've had a gutful of politics lately.

   • ‘So then Barrowclough, the uraguhne, says, “Well, I?ve had a gutful of ye,” and adds, “I?ll break yer bleedin? kneck.”

   • 2003, Bill Harrigan, Harrigan: The Referee in a League of His Own, unnumbered page,

     I told the captain what had happened and that the only reason the second rower hadn?t been sent off was because he missed. Then I added that I?d had a gutful and I?d start getting rid of blokes if it kept up.

     The captain said, ‘You?ve had a gutful! Well, we?ve had a gutful of you.’

English

Etymology

gust +? -ful

Adjective

gustful (comparative more gustful, superlative most gustful)

1. gusty
   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Holy Grail

     A gustful April morn.

2. (obsolete) tasty; good-tasting
   • 1669, Kenelm Digby, The Closet of the Eminently Learned Sir Kenelme Digbie Kt. Opened

     The said season being passed, there is no danger or difficulty to keep it [preserved meat] gustful all the year long.

Derived terms

• gustfulness

Anagrams

• gutfuls, gutsful