Aglare

//əˈɡlɛə// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Glaring (either verb sense) not-comparable, postpositional

    "1712, Ambrose Philips, The Distrest Mother, Act V, in The New English Theatre, London: J. Rivington & Sons, 1776, Volume 6, p. 45, A ghastly figure, full of gaping wounds, His eyes aglare, his hair all stiff with blood,"

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"1712, Ambrose Philips, The Distrest Mother, Act V, in The New English Theatre, London: J. Rivington & Sons, 1776, Volume 6, p. 45, A ghastly figure, full of gaping wounds, His eyes aglare, his hair all stiff with blood,"

Etymology

From a- (“on, in”) + glare.

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