Throngful
/ˈθrɔːŋfəl/noun
Full of people or things gathered closely together; crowded.
Did you know?“Throng” descends from an old Germanic word associated with pressing or crowding together, while “-ful” literally means “full of.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*þranguz
“A crowd or pressing together”
Old English
Old English
þrang
“A crowd, multitude, or state of being pressed together”
Middle English
Middle English
throng
“A crowd or densely gathered multitude”
Old English
Old English
full
“Full; containing as much as possible”
Early Modern English
English
throngful
“Full of a throng; crowded”
Modern English
English
throngful
“Rare or archaic: crowded or full of people”