calorie-ful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more calorie-ful
form: most calorie-ful
form: calorieful
Etymology: From calorie + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: From the viewpoint of a typical frosh student straight from the battlefield of life I think it’s rather ridiculous and old-maidish to take a gorgeous looking gal to the dance, wear yourself out for her sake, take her to Wingets for a luscious, “calory-ful” malt and then leave her alone and forsaken on the cold, uninviting steps of the dorm after nothing more than just a casual handshake and a few murmured “thank yous”.
ref: 1946 May 3, “Letters To The Editor”, in The Frosh Fantasy, Utah State Agricultural College, page two:
text: Combined with melted marshmallows and whipped cream, it’s both calory-ful and colorful—so make the servings dainty, she warns.
ref: 1956 October 25, Betty Bushman, “Mrs. Russell Johansen Gives Favorite Coffee Time Recipes Including Christmas Cookies”, in Santa Cruz Sentinel, 100th year, number 253, Santa Cruz, Calif., page 16:
text: I trust that Mrs. Duke has hearty, calorie-ful eating on this pie.
ref: 1960 February 11, Josephine Moody, “Reader’s Question Answered From 1891 Whitehouse Cookbook”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume XCII, number 202, Atlanta, Ga., page 2-F:
text: Somebody took me to task the other day because the recipes in this column are always so rich and fattening … actually, it is deliberate … it is sort of a test for readers to see how much temptation they can resist … well, here’s one that isn’t quite so caloryful, but it is right tasty … comes from that fine Philadelphia cook.
ref: 1961 September 4, Bette Thompson, “all around the town”, in Amarillo Globe-Times, 38th year, number 138, Amarillo, Tex., page 9:
text: Most alluring was the pastry table, with cakes and pies, tarts, cookies and eclairs, a caloryful array of goodies that ruined serveral^([sic]) diets.
ref: 1962 April 7, Hildy Crawford, “Around Town”, in The Desert Sun, volume 35, number 211, Palm Springs, Calif., page 5:
text: One of the least calorie-ful methods of preparing chicken is to stew it, remembering that the older and bigger the bird the higher the fat content.
ref: 1964 August, Leonard Louis Levinson, “Chicken and Turkey”, in The Complete Book of Low Calorie Cooking, new and revised edition, New York, N.Y.; London: Hawthorn Books, Inc., →LCCN, page 137:
text: Here’s a rich (and calorie-ful!) candy that stars with a penuche fudge mix.
ref: 1965 April 14, “Pralines”, in The Journal-News, volume 75, number 288, Nyack, N.Y., page 16:
text: Flavorful but not calorie-ful
ref: 1967, Sunset, page 174:
text: Rich sauces aren’t as calorie-ful as they seem if this type milk is used instead of cream.
ref: 1967 February 16, “Popular Egg Recipe Has New Twist”, in The Oregon Statesman, 116th year, number 326, Salem, Ore., page 25:
text: Fresh fruit is another good dessert after a calorie-ful main course.
ref: 1967 March 22, Brownie Schrumpf, “Slow-Bake Ham, Corn Pudding Treats After Easter Parade”, in Bangor Daily News, volume 78, number 238, Bangor, Me., page 8:
text: Some of us then enjoyed hamburgers and calorie-ful dessert before parting.
ref: 1967 December 15, “Note This”, in All-Church Press (edition of Oklahoma City Star), volume 38, number 37, Oklahoma City, Okla., page 1:
text: We refer to offering such delightfully calorie-ful recipes as these desserts, to a readership made up of ladies who love to eat and shouldn’t.
ref: 1968 May 23, Maxine Buren, “Rich Recipes Bring Gleam to Diner’s Eye”, in The Oregon Statesman, 118th year, number 57, Salem, Ore., page 23:
text: You can put yogurt in soup too (a cucumber one, for instance), in puddings, in beef stroganoff (instead of calorie[-]ful sour cream), also into such things as doughnuts, some cakes, and curried shrimp, a very easy-to-make gourmet luncheon dish.
ref: 1969 March 11, Penny Wise, “Yogurt Available In Two Per Cent”, in The Sun, volume LXXXIII, number 134, Vancouver, B.C., page 31:
text: But there comes a day, when living dangerously comes to almost everyone and this danger shows it’s disrupting head in the form of a beautifully calorie-ful dessert.
ref: 1970 May 7, Maxine Buren, “Even a Dedicated Dieter May Falter”, in The Oregon Statesman, 120th year, number 41, Salem, Ore., page 23:
text: Here’s a colorful and calorie-ful verse from Mrs. Jane R. Kelley of Richmond dealing with the students’ complaint about school-lunch quality:[…]
ref: 1971 June 2, Richard V. Happel, “Notes and Footnotes”, in The Berkshire Eagle, volume 80, number 20, Pittsfield, Mass., page 22:
text: It’s better for you than calorie-ful, protein-less jam any day, and it even tastes better!
ref: 1972, Naura Hayden, “Dynamite for Breakfast: Blast off with energy that lasts all day long”, in The Hip, High-Prote, Low-Cal, Easy-Does-It Cookbook, Dell Publishing Co., Inc., published 1974, page 20:
text: You are very strict with yourself at mealtime for two days after every party to make up for the calorie-ful intake;
ref: 1973 August 8, “Slimming Tricks for Parties”, in Santa Cruz Sentinel, 118th year, number 185, page 9:
text: As I sip my first coffee in the morning, with its ladling of cream, and my first whiskey in the evening, with its calorie-ful taste pricking my tongue, I look out the window at joggers.
ref: 1977 April 10, Henry Fairlie, “Lean & dangerous”, in Star-Bulletin & Advertiser, page E-3:
text: I always thought of popcorn as a rather calorie-ful snack, but I heard Orville, the popcorn king, say on television the other day that it is healthy, low in calories, and very tasty if popped in flavored oil.
ref: 1981 October 21, Pat Brockenborough, “Treat Halloween goblins…”, in The Paducah Sun, Paducah, Ken., pages D—4:
text: We had fairly nice down bags, probably used extra sleeping pads, probably had a good calorie-ful snack before bed, etc.
ref: 2000 February 5, Mark Burgess, “how to winter camp with a 25 C sleeping bag?”, in rec.backcountry (Usenet):
text: Pick a few things you know you need to do to improve -- add in some regular exercise, change a particularly calorie-ful part of your eating habits -- commit to those, and see what happens.
ref: 2004 January 10, Dan Cosley, “Want to lose 4 sizes”, in misc.fitness.weights (Usenet):
text: Can I now eat malteds, fried potatoes (whether called chips or French fries, or by any other name), a feast of fattening cheese, nuts, healthy but calorie-ful, or stick to broccoli, lean protein, fruits, no trans-fats, etc?
ref: 2008 April 23, Carole, “Boy or Girl? The Answer May Depend on Mom’s Eating Habits”, in Well (The New York Times), published comment:
glosses: Full of calories.