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Etymology

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out- +‎ bursting

Adjective

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outbursting (not comparable)

  1. bursting out

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outbursting (plural outburstings)

  1. A bursting out; a sudden eruption.
    • 1884, Frederick A. Hoffman, Poetry, Its Origin, Nature, and History, page 676:
      It is written in the ottava rima stanza of the Italians, and it is remarkable for the profusion and variety of images and groups which it thrusts upon the fancy, relieved often by sudden outburstings of the richest poetical imagination.

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