Aflower
//əˈflaʊ.ə// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 flowering, in bloom archaic, poetic
"I daresay there were many among them, tied by their daily toil to the town, who thought with longing of the pleasant road before us, through fertile lands where all the orchards were aflower and the peasants were gathering the ripe barley, though April had yet some days to revel in."
Example
More examples"I daresay there were many among them, tied by their daily toil to the town, who thought with longing of the pleasant road before us, through fertile lands where all the orchards were aflower and the peasants were gathering the ripe barley, though April had yet some days to revel in."
Etymology
From a- + flower.
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