bloom
/blum/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.93 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
Uncountable
noun
A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "the rich blooms and enamelled vegetation of the tropics"
- "The cherry trees are in bloom."
- "sight of vernal bloom"
- "O, not for thee the glow, the bloom, Who changest not in any gale, Nor branding summer suns avail To touch thy thousand years of gloom: […]"
- "the bloom of youth"
- "every successive mother had transmitted to her child a fainter bloom, a more delicate and briefer beauty."
Etymology
From Middle English blome, from Old Norse blóm, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô (“flower”). Doublet of bloom (“spongy mass of metal”); see there for more.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /blum/
- British English: /bluːm/