Outbursting
adj, noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A bursting out; a sudden eruption.
"It is written in the ottava rima stanza of the Italians, and it is remarkable for the profusion and variety of images and groups which it thrusts upon the fancy, relieved often by sudden outburstings of the richest poetical imagination."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of outburst form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Bursting out. not-comparable
Example
More examples"It is written in the ottava rima stanza of the Italians, and it is remarkable for the profusion and variety of images and groups which it thrusts upon the fancy, relieved often by sudden outburstings of the richest poetical imagination."
Etymology
From out- + bursting.
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