abloom

English

Etymology

From a- (“in”) +‎ bloom (“flower”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /əˈbluːm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -uːm

Adverb

abloom (not comparable)

(postpositive) In or into bloom; in a blooming state; having flower blooms unfolding. [Mid 19^th century.]^[1]

Translations

(postpositive) in or into bloom; in a blooming state

Bulgarian: цъфтящ, разцъфтял, в разцвет (cǎftjašt, razcǎftjal, v razcvet)
Dutch: in bloei, in volle bloei
Irish: faoi bhláth
Polish: w kwiatach
Portuguese: florescente (pt)
Russian: в цвету́ (v cvetú), цвету́щий (ru) (cvetúščij)

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Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} đang nở hoa

Adjective

abloom (comparative more abloom, superlative most abloom)

Blooming; covered in flowers. [Mid 19^th century.]^[1]
- 1928, Virginia Woolf, chapter 4, in Orlando: A Biography, London: The Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished as Orlando: A Biography (eBook no. 0200331h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, July 2015:
  […] on summer nights when the tulips were abloom and the bees buzzing […]
- 1934 April 17, George Herriman, Krazy Kat, Tuesday, comic strip, →ISBN, page 112:
  [Krazy Kat:] How can you tell spring is here, Offissa Pupp? / [Officer Pupp:] By the flower abloom in yon pot.
(figuratively) Having something growing or grown.
- 1900 January, Gregory Hartswick, “[Untitled]”, in St. Nicholas (magazine)‎^[1], volume 27, number 3, page 274:
  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^[2], page 62:
  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, chapter 15, in A Man in Full:
  He was abloom with heat and anxiety. The sweat underneath his arms had turned into an oily slick.
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, chapter 1, in Jade:
  When they returned, Jade's cheeks were abloom, her eyes alight with anticipation.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abloom”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.

Anagrams

mabolo

[SOED-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abloom”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.

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