aburst

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English

Etymology

From a- +‎ burst.

Pronunciation

Adjective

aburst (not comparable)

  1. In a bursting condition.
    • 1911, Jack London, “When God Laughs”, in When God Laughs, and Other Stories‎, New York: Macmillan, page 22:
      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 June 8, Robert Shelton, “Sound, Light and Color Barrage Draws 2,000 at Carnegie Hall”, in The New York Times:
      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, pages 125–126:
      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.

References

Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN), page 8

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