What does "outblossom" mean?
The best that is produced (by something); culmination.
Outblossom
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The best that is produced (by something); culmination.
- Grammar: outblossom is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: apex.
- Usage evidence: Fifty a contemptible Age! Not at all, a very faſhionable Age I think—I aſſure you, I know very conſiderable Beaus, that ſet a good Face upon Fifty,. Fifty! I have ſeen Fifty in a ſide Box by Candle-light, out-bloſſom Five and Twenty.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The best that is produced (by something); culmination.
"Florence herself is the outblossom of modern Italian civilization."
Verb
- 1 To blossom more beautifully than, or with more flowers than.
"Fifty a contemptible Age! Not at all, a very faſhionable Age I think—I aſſure you, I know very conſiderable Beaus, that ſet a good Face upon Fifty,. Fifty! I have ſeen Fifty in a ſide Box by Candle-light, out-bloſſom Five and Twenty."
- 2 To bloom in spite of.
"I hear in her poems something that will outblossom hell itself and help us all to turn it back into earth again."
- 3 To blossom forth; to emerge into a state of blossoming; to flower.
"Be strong! the wind to the shorn lamb is tempered; The way, though weary, teacheth to repose ; Life, though with bitter memories hampered, Will yet outblossom as the summer rose.""
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Fifty a contemptible Age! Not at all, a very faſhionable Age I think—I aſſure you, I know very conſiderable Beaus, that ſet a good Face upon Fifty,. Fifty! I have ſeen Fifty in a ſide Box by Candle-light, out-bloſſom Five and Twenty."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "outblossom"?
Common synonyms include: apex.
How do you use "outblossom" in a sentence?
Fifty a contemptible Age! Not at all, a very faſhionable Age I think—I aſſure you, I know very conſiderable Beaus, that ſet a good Face upon Fifty,. Fifty! I have ſeen Fifty in a ſide Box by Candle-light, out-bloſſom Five and Twenty.
Etymology
From out- + blossom.