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词汇 soulful
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soulful adj.

"full of feeling, expressive of emotion," 1860, from soul (n.1) + -ful. The meaning "expressive of characteristic Black feeling" is by 1964 (see soul (n.2)). Earlier as a noun (1640s), "as much as a soul can hold." Related: Soulfully; soulfulness. Middle English had souli "of or pertaining to souls."

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