Aflower

//əˈflaʊ.ə// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

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"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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