abloom
abloom Lexical Profile
abloom Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Covered with or having many open flowers; in a state of blooming.
"By late April, the entire orchard was abloom with fragrant pink and white blossoms."
Radiant, thriving, or vibrant with color, life, or vitality.
"Her face was abloom with joy when she heard the news of her scholarship."
• adverb
In a blooming or blossoming state; into bloom.
"The wild meadows burst abloom soon after the spring rains arrived."
Word Nuance & Usage
Like other 'a-' prefixed adjectives (such as 'asleep' or 'awake'), 'abloom' is strictly a predicate or postpositive adjective; it appears after a linking verb or directly after the noun it modifies (e.g., 'gardens abloom with roses'), never before a noun.
• Rhymes for abloom
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the mid-19th century from the prefix 'a-' (from Old English 'on', meaning 'in a state of') combined with 'bloom' (from Old Norse 'blóm', meaning 'flower' or 'blossom').