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Definition of Aflame

1. Adjective. Keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement. "He was aflame with desire"

2. Adjective. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame. "Houses on fire"

Definition of Aflame

1. adv. & a. In flames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze.

Definition of Aflame

1. Adjective. in flames, on fire, flaming, with flames coming from it ¹

2. Adjective. showing anger or contempt ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aflame

1. flaming [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aflame

aficionadas aficionadi aficionado aficionados afield afikoman afikomans afikomen afikomens afimoxifene

afire afire(p) afka aflagellate aflaj aflame (current term) aflame(p) aflare aflare(p) aflastatin

aflat aflatoxicosis aflatoxin aflatoxin B1 aldehyde reductase aflatoxin B1 hydroxylase aflatoxin B1 reductase aflatoxin G2a reductase aflatoxin b1 aflatoxin m1 aflatoxins

Literary usage of Aflame

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... The while the priest maintain'd the logs aflame, And pour'd libation of bright wine thereon, And youths with ready prongs stood near the fire. ..."

2. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"On these he fell; while his exultant crew Brought firebrands, and he with heart aflame Grasped with a vengeful hand the blazing pine. ..."

3. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1901)
"... seventh, and eighth centuries, especially, this farthest boundary of the Continent held aloft and kept aflame the torch of Christian faith ..."

4. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"... in her mothers milk, and Charity setting the martyr aflame ; Thraldom who walks with the banner of Freedom, and recks not to ruin a realm in her name. ..."

5. The Maker of Modern Mexico: Seven Times President of Mexico by Alec-Tweedie (Ethel) (1906)
"DIAZ KEEPS THE SOUTH aflame. Two events happened in the year of Diaz' captivity and escape fraught with momentous consequences to Maximilian and his Empire. ..."

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