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outbursting en · ADJ

Etymology

From out- + bursting.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Bursting out.

outbursting en · NOUN

Etymology

From out- + bursting.

Meanings

  1. A bursting out; a sudden eruption.
    • It is written in the ottava rima stanza of the Italians, and it is remarkable for the profusion and variety of images and groups which it thrusts upon the fancy, relieved often by sudden outburstings of the richest poetical imagination. 1884, Frederick A. Hoffman, Poetry, Its Origin, Nature, and History, page 676:

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outbursting en · VERB

Etymology

From out- + bursting.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of outburst
    form of outburst