Outflush
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sudden glow of heat.
Verb
- 1 To flush out (something). transitive
- 2 To flush or blush more brightly than (something). transitive
"The maiden's face was turned away; but one hand lay in her lover's; with the other she was drawing close the loose folds of her mantle; the play of colour on her cheeks outflushed the tints of autumn; and not a doomed leaf of the forest fluttered more than her young heart."
Example
More examples"The maiden's face was turned away; but one hand lay in her lover's; with the other she was drawing close the loose folds of her mantle; the play of colour on her cheeks outflushed the tints of autumn; and not a doomed leaf of the forest fluttered more than her young heart."
Etymology
From out- + flush.
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