gustful adjective 2noun 1forms 4 adjective2 •gusty[T]hey sat / Beneath a world-old yew-tree, darkening half / The cloisters, on a gustful April morn / That puff'd the swaying branches into smoke / Above them, […] — 1874 •(no longer used) tasty; good-tastingThe said season being passed, there is no danger or difficulty to keep it [preserved meat] gustful all the year long. — 1669 noun1 •An amount carried in a gust.The wind, ruffling up the lane, drove a gustful of loose sand against her like spray, and bore in the hollow boom of breaking waves, which seemed to take her breath. — 1909 formsgustfuls · gustsful · more gustful · most gustful