ablare

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English

Etymology

From a- (in such a manner) +‎ blare (blaring).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

ablare (comparative more ablare, superlative most ablare)

  1. Blaring.
    • 1916, Charles Wharton Stork, “Sea Song”, in Sea and Bay: A Poem of New England, New York: John Lane, page 71:
      He’ll dock with flags a-flutter, bands a-blare.
    • 1959 August 3, “Charge!”, in Time:
      Market Street intersections were ablare with car radios tuned to “the game.”
    • 1998 May 11, Sam Dillon, “Early Bird Begins Mexico’s 2000 Presidential Race”, in New York Times:
      The tropical night air on Saturday is ablare with the oompahs of a brass band, street lights abuzz with bugs, and thousands of Maya Indian farmers are jammed into a colonial plaza waiting for Vicente Fox Quesada.

References

  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN), page 4

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