abloom
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
abloom (not comparable)
- (postpositive) In or into bloom; in a blooming state; having flower blooms unfolding. [Mid 19th century.][1]
Translations
(postpositive) in or into bloom; in a blooming state
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Adjective
abloom (comparative more abloom, superlative most abloom)
- Blooming; covered in flowers. [Mid 19th century.][1]
- (figuratively) Having something growing or grown.
- a. 1900, Gregory Hartswick, [Untitled], in St. Nicholas (magazine), volume 27, number 3, January 1900, reprinted in, 1900, St. Nicholas volume 27, page 274 [1]:
- For Santa Claus comes / With reindeer and sleigh / To fill up the stockings on glad Christmas Day. / And there in the library / Stands a great tree / With gifts all abloom, most lovely to see!
- 1902, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Under the Trees, page62 [2]:
- Who does not feel the passage of divine dreams over his troubled life when the infinite meadows of heaven are suddenly abloom with light?
- 1998, Tom Wolfe, A Man in Full, chapter 15:
- He was abloom with heat and anxiety. The sweat underneath his arms had turned into an oily slick.
- a. 1900, Gregory Hartswick, [Untitled], in St. Nicholas (magazine), volume 27, number 3, January 1900, reprinted in, 1900, St. Nicholas volume 27, page 274 [1]:
- Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; exhibiting youth-like beauty.
- 1987, Merrill J. Mattes, The Great Platte River Road, page 70:
- The Hollywood concept of clean-shaven, square-jawed young men and fragrant young ladies with cheeks abloom does not seem to square with the facts.
- 1997, Ruth Langan, Jade, chapter 1:
- When they returned, Jade's cheeks were abloom, her eyes alight with anticipation.
- 1987, Merrill J. Mattes, The Great Platte River Road, page 70:
References
- ↑ 1.01.1 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 5: