voiceful

English

Etymology

From voice +‎ -ful.

Adjective

voiceful (comparative more voiceful, superlative most voiceful)

1. (dated or poetic) Having a voice or vocal quality; vocal; sounding
   • 1817, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Fancy in Nubibus:

     the swelling of the voiceful sea

   • 1844, Edward Walsh, The Harp of the Nation:

     Our ancient harp, whose voiceful string
     ⁠The Saxon rent in twain,

2. Having a loud voice or many voices.
   • c. 1850, Theodore Winthrop, Isthmiana, Parita:

     A perpetual hum is heard, not less voiceful to the appreciative than the chants and clanging cymbals of the Parthenon.

References

• “voiceful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.