hourful adjective 1noun 1forms 4 adjective1 •Full of hours; time-consuming.And all I did was Moan and rise and moan And fall And pain away and break And slip In many hourful whiles. — 1927 noun1 •Enough to last an hour.The silver tufts of grass have fed the air with hourfuls of mealy ferine smells and hot-backed buzzards, eagles and vultures must have chased their murderous shadows through the bush — 1966 formshourfuls · hoursful · more hourful · most hourful