abloomadj.adv.

Brit.

/əˈbluːm/, U.S.

/əˈblum/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix³, bloom n.¹, bloom v.¹

Etymology: < a- prefix³ + either bloom n.¹ or bloom v.¹

A. adj.

In predicative use only: that is in bloom; covered with flowers. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > having flowers or blossom > in bloom

blownc1000

full-blown1576

flowering1592

in beauty1629

flowered1633

in bloom1645

new-blown1656

blooming1664

blowing1667

in flower1697

in (their) flowers1697

abloom1729

blow1744

aflower1869

1729 Misc. Poems Several Hands 43 The Earth was all abloom.

1863 Macmillan's Mag. Jan. 164 The whole hollow was abloom with the yellow gorse.

1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter I. v. 168 Sweet wild flowers abloom under their feet.

1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am xxi A conservatory all abloom with snowdrops and Parma violets.

1922 S. Anderson Winesburg Ohio 102 The weeds were abloom with tiny purple blossoms.

1990 Connoisseur Sept. 96/1 Wynn Kramarsky spends his working hours in a Manhattan brownstone office, a suite of smallish rooms abloom with art.

B. adv.

In or into bloom. rare.

ΚΠ

1855 R. Browning Saul (rev. ed.) xiii, in Men & Women II. 128 The fan-branches all round..Broke a-bloom.

1913 B. Carman III Balkis in B. Carman & M. P. King Daughters of Dawn 33 My realm is a desert without thee to set it abloom.

1974 Asian Surv. 14 1119 R&D makes possible all those wondrous innovations, which set fields abloom with plants that will not lodge.

2005 Velljo (Calif.) Times-Herald (Nexis) 18 June An unusually wet winter in Southern California set the desert abloom, giving a lush plant environment for cocooned butterflies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abloom
释义	abloomadj.adv. Brit. /əˈbluːm/, U.S. /əˈblum/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix³, bloom n.¹, bloom v.¹ Etymology: < a- prefix³ + either bloom n.¹ or bloom v.¹ A. adj. In predicative use only: that is in bloom; covered with flowers. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > having flowers or blossom > in bloom blownc1000 full-blown1576 flowering1592 in beauty1629 flowered1633 in bloom1645 new-blown1656 blooming1664 blowing1667 in flower1697 in (their) flowers1697 abloom1729 blow1744 aflower1869 1729 Misc. Poems Several Hands 43 The Earth was all abloom. 1863 Macmillan's Mag. Jan. 164 The whole hollow was abloom with the yellow gorse. 1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter I. v. 168 Sweet wild flowers abloom under their feet. 1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am xxi A conservatory all abloom with snowdrops and Parma violets. 1922 S. Anderson Winesburg Ohio 102 The weeds were abloom with tiny purple blossoms. 1990 Connoisseur Sept. 96/1 Wynn Kramarsky spends his working hours in a Manhattan brownstone office, a suite of smallish rooms abloom with art. B. adv. In or into bloom. rare. ΚΠ 1855 R. Browning Saul (rev. ed.) xiii, in Men & Women II. 128 The fan-branches all round..Broke a-bloom. 1913 B. Carman III Balkis in B. Carman & M. P. King Daughters of Dawn 33 My realm is a desert without thee to set it abloom. 1974 Asian Surv. 14 1119 R&D makes possible all those wondrous innovations, which set fields abloom with plants that will not lodge. 2005 Velljo (Calif.) Times-Herald (Nexis) 18 June An unusually wet winter in Southern California set the desert abloom, giving a lush plant environment for cocooned butterflies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.adv.1729
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