aburn en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /əˈbɜː(ɹ)n/
Etymology
From a- + burn.
Meanings
-
(not-comparable) burning
First we could see only outlines, then bright beads of light from the torches themselves, and by the time a thousand torches were all aburn, we could see for more than fifty yards.
1961, Frederik Pohl, Turn Left at Thursday: