English

Adverb

abloom ‎(not comparable)

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

Translations

Adjective

abloom ‎(comparative more abloom, superlative most abloom)

1. Blooming; covered in flowers. [Mid 19^th century.]^[1]
2. (figuratively) Having something growing or grown.
   • 1900 January 1, Gregory Hartswick, “[Untitled]”, in St. Nicholas (magazine), 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, 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.

3. 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. 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 5

Anagrams

• mabolo