aflare

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air
  2. adjective lighted up by or as by fire or flame

Etymology

From a- + flare.

In classic literature

Synonyms

flaring

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