Citations:blossomest

English citations of blossomest

Adjective: "an irregular superlative form of blossomy"

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1871 — Myron B. Benton, "A Midwinter-Day", Appletons' Journal of Literature, Science and Art, 25 February 1871, page 227:
I fancy that, in the vital kernel of that inanimate ball of fur, which Audubon says he rolls himself into, he is all the while dreaming the sweetest of dreams — living in the rankest, blossomest, honeyest clover, fenced about with delightful tumbled-down stone-walls,
1950 — Judson Crews, A Poet's Breath, Motive Book Shop (1950), unknown page:
The winter that strikes the blossomest season

is the one most dreaded for wanton destruction
1994 — Dennis Potter, 15 March 1994, an interview with Melvyn Bragg. Broadcast by Channel 4 on 5 April 1994
... instead of saying "Oh that's nice blossom" ... looking at it through the window when I'm writing, I see it is the whitest, frothiest, blossomest blossom that there ever could be, and I can see it.
1998 April 14, , “Re: about fear”, in alt.dreams.castaneda‎ (Usenet):
The cherry trees are at their frothy blossomest and the vivid green of new growth lights even the darkest corners.
2000 February 14, Barbara Martin, “Re: Nat's holiday”, in alt.support.arthritis‎ (Usenet):
In my opinion, one of the nicest sights wil be in the Cotswolds, just north of Oxford, where the blossom is the blossomest, the rolling countryside is the prettiest and the cottages are the most picturesque.

Verb: "(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of blossom"

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1840 — Francis Hastings Doyle, "To —", in Miscellaneous Verses, Blatch and Lampert (1840), page 50:
Like some young flower, thou blossomest,

Without a fear on earth;
1847 — George J. O. Allman, "On the Sea-Shore", The New Monthly Belle Assemblée, October 1847, page 218:
While yet is cold and drear the wintry Earth

Thou blossomest — and on thy cheek so pale,
1851 — "Literature and Science", Allen's Indian Mail, 17 June 1851, page 359:
Sometimes thou blossomest as a lovely flower, or thou art a bee and goest thy way buzzing;
1861 — J. T. Burgess, Life Scenes and Social Sketches: A Book for English Hearths and Homes, W. Kent & Co. (1861), page 33:
You live and you die — cold winter is your tomb; but, when spring comes, with its genial showers, and dissolves thy bonds, thou arisest and blossomest more sweetly than before.
1897 — John B. Tabb, "An April Bloom", in Lyrics, Boston Copeland and Day (1897), page 102:
Till now, as Nature's pulses move,

Thou blossomest, a breath of Love,
1900 — Norman Gale, "To a Robin", The Literary World, 21 December 1900:
With breast like a rose on the coping

Thou blossomest, sturdily hoping
1907 — Louis M. Elshemus, "Mollie", in All About Girls: Unpoetical and Poetical Maidens, Eastman Lewis (1907), page 163:
That blossomest above the calm Pacific's beach
1987 — Rabindra Nath Sarkar, The Latest Revelation in the East, Saksrit Pustak Bhandar (1987), page 58:
And, the more thou blossomest the more my ego meets with the quintessence of its true meaning.

Citations:blossomest

English citations of blossomest

Adjective: "an irregular superlative form of blossomy"

Verb: "(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of blossom"

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