a. Obs. exc. arch. [f. LIST v.2 + -FUL.] Inclined to listen, attentive.
1595. Spenser, Col. Clout, 7. The shepheard swaines … with greedie listfull eares, Did stand astonisht at his curious skill. Ibid. (1596), F. Q., V. i. 25. Thereto they both did franckly condiscend, And to his doome with listfull eares did both attend.
1860. I. Taylor, Ess., 94. Explicit cautions, as they enter a too listful ear, are likely to be suggestive of evil.
