abloom
/əˈbluːm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.11 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…] on summer nights when the tulips were abloom and the bees buzzing […]"
- "[Krazy Kat:] How can you tell spring is here, Offissa Pupp? / [Officer Pupp:] By the flower abloom in yon pot."
- "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!"
- "Who does not feel the passage of divine dreams over his troubled life when the infinite meadows of heaven are suddenly abloom with light?"
- "He was abloom with heat and anxiety. The sweat underneath his arms had turned into an oily slick."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English bloom English abloom From a- (“in”) + bloom (“flower”).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈbluːm/
Inflected Forms
more abloom (comparative)
most abloom (superlative)