单词 | outflame |
释义 | outflamen. An outburst of flame or (figurative) of passion or colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > [noun] > glow or burst of colour flush1630 bloom1832 outflame1889 the mind > emotion > passion > [noun] > sudden outburst or access of passion heatc1200 gerec1369 accessc1384 braida1450 guerie1542 bursting1552 ruff1567 riot1575 suddentyc1575 pathaire1592 flaw1596 blaze1597 start1598 passion1599 firework1601 storm1602 estuation1605 gare1606 accession?1608 vehemency1612 boutade1614 flush1614 escapea1616 egression1651 ebullition1655 ebulliency1667 flushinga1680 ecstasy1695 gusta1704 gush1720 vehemence1741 burst1751 overboiling1767 explosion1769 outflaming1836 passion fit1842 outfly1877 Vesuvius1886 outflame1889 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xix. 185 ‘I would not barter it..,’ said he, with a sudden outflame. 1893 Harper's Mag. Apr. 735/2 A little island, with..an outflame of scarlet tupelo and sumac. 1922 J. A. Thomson Outl. Sci. IV. ii. 43 We can take a conflagration that has occurred more than a thousand trillion miles away and analyse it positively into an outflame of glowing hydrogen gas at so many miles a second. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). outflamev. Chiefly poetic. 1. transitive. To surpass in fieriness or brilliance. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [verb (transitive)] > be brighter than outshine1585 outblazea1634 outglare1648 outray1652 outflame1658 outdazzle1691 1658 J. Quarles Hist. Most Vile Dimagoras i. 6 Her eyes like fatal Comets, shall out flame Two Firmaments of Brimstone. a1687 C. Cotton Poems (1689) 669 Henry, in his Celebrated Facts, The lesser sparks of Honor does out-flame, And swallows all their Titles in his Name. a1748 J. Thomson Liberty iv, in Poet. Wks. (1830) II. 187 But chief his zeal, Out-flaming Rome herself, portentous scared The troubled nation. 1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 52 The conflagration of her eye, Outflaming even that eye which in my sleep Beams close upon me. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta in Calydon 1650 I had..on their tombs Hung crowns, and..seen Their praise outflame their ashes. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 9 Feb. 6/2 For, though her painted cheeks outflamed the rose, With singing these she lured, with dancing those. 1956 S. Plath Coll. Poems (1981) 46 They'd rivet sinews in rock And have every weathercock kiss hang fire As if to outflame a phoenix. 2. intransitive. To flame out, burst into blaze or brilliancy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > be violent [verb (intransitive)] > burst violently from rest or restraint abreakOE outburstOE outbreaka1450 reboil1477 to break forth1535 burst1542 to break out1574 go1583 fulminate1630 break1693 lasha1716 to rage out1720 rip1856 outflame1890 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Feb. 2/3 Did tropic lands with flowers and fruit out-flame? 1899 tr. Dante Paradiso 291 Those glad souls made themselves spheres upon fixed poles, outflaming mightily like unto comets. a1924 M. Ghose Adam Alarmed in Paradise ii. iv, in Coll. Poems (1970) 239 Spears to splinters break, Shields lock, swords outflame. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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