Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aflight

/əˈflaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: aflight
IPA: /əˈflaɪt/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

Covered or filled (with something flying).

adj

adj

Showing distress, anxiety or other strong emotion.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"1874, Ambrose Bierce (as Dod Grile), “The Legend of Immortal Truth” in Cobwebs, London: “Fun” Office, ca. 1884, p. 114, Then, like a rocket set aflight, / She sprang, and streaked it for the light!"
"The elderly Pollyana of the infant aviation had photographs of their glider of 1902 aflight at Kitty Hawk."
"[…] the Vestibule was full of birds and the birds were all aflight."
"curved attics aflight with / angels"
"In the distance the billabong was white with egrets and aflight with ducks;"
"[I] saw a stream of animals, hooved, padded, clawed and dashing, splashing through the ponds for Various Aquatic Birds, setting the night aflight—"

Etymology

From a- + flight.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: a

Usage

Obsolete

Synonyms

in flight anxious distressed moved troubled unsettled

Questions

How do you pronounce aflight?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈflaɪt/.
What does aflight mean?: Flying.
Where does aflight come from?: From a- + flight.

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