aburst
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /əˈbɜːst/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /əˈbɝst/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st
Adjective
aburst (not comparable)
- In a bursting condition.
- 1911, Jack London, “When God Laughs” in When God Laughs, and Other Stories, New York: Macmillan, p. 22,[1]
- Never was lovers’ ecstasy like theirs. They had not killed Love with kisses. They had quickened him by denial. And by denial they drove him on till he was all aburst with desire.
- 1968, Robert Shelton, “Sound, Light and Color Barrage Draws 2,000 at Carnegie Hall,” The New York Times, 8 June, 1968,[2]
- Despite the somber mood prevailing in most of the city, Carnegie Hall last night was aburst with sound, light and color as a rock ’n’ roll “circus” attracted about 2,000 listeners.
- 1982, Bernard Malamud, God’s Grace, New York: Avon, pp. 125-126,[3]
- On the teak table stood two slender-necked blue vases Cohn had recently potted out of some rare lumps of clay, aburst with white fruit-tree blossoms he had painted on them.
- 1911, Jack London, “When God Laughs” in When God Laughs, and Other Stories, New York: Macmillan, p. 22,[1]
References
Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 8