Aflush

//əˈflʌʃ// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    flushed, blushing archaic, poetic

    "That is the resurrection angel, his lips still aquiver and his cheek aflush with the blast that shattered the cemeteries and woke the dead."

Example

More examples

"That is the resurrection angel, his lips still aquiver and his cheek aflush with the blast that shattered the cemeteries and woke the dead."

Etymology

From a- + flush.

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