ETYMOLOGY
from charge (n.) + -ful
EXAMPLE (for adj. 1.)
“… For so it is that whan the Kyng coude nat fynde with the seid Lowes bi alle the forseid costeley and chargefull ambassades but fraude, deceipte, and illusion, his Highnesse, of a grete prudence and foresight, purchased alliaunces and amyties with two the myghtyest princes of Fraunce, the Dukes of Burgoigne and Britaigne, …”
From: Literae Cantuarienses: The Letter Books of the Monastery of Christ Church, Canterbury, 1474
Edited by Joseph Brigstocke Sheppard, 1887
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