abloom
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of abloom
Explanation
Something that's abloom is flowering or blooming. When your rose bush is abloom, it's covered in huge yellow flowers. If a plant is abloom, it's covered in flowers. Buds are opening, and blossoms are big and full. You can also use the adjective abloom figuratively, to mean "flourishing" or "healthy," as when your pink-cheeked friend looks abloom with good health from the fresh air. The prefix a- here means "in," and bloom has a Scandinavian root, the Old Norse blóm, "flower or blossom."
Example Sentences
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The church buzzed with excitement and was abloom with fragrant flowers and colorful hats.
From Washington Times • May 6, 2023
No one wanted this rare thing abloom in the dusk to end.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2023
The winter jasmine, with its yellow bells, erupted, an event that leads many to think the forsythias are abloom.
From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2021
Heron Hall, by design and not surprisingly, is abloom in full, glorious compliance.
From Seattle Times • May 11, 2017
Five months after, when the May primroses and hyacinths were all abloom in the green seaside woodlands, Colonel Joclyn and his little daughter came home.
From Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir by Fleming, May Agnes
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