upflicker en · VERB
Etymology
From up- + flicker.
Meanings
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(poetic) To flicker upward.
The rose of love she wore for him blushed with a crimson flame, / And in her eyes the fire of life upflickered as he came.
1888, David Gray, “Outrivalled”, in Life, letters, poems, etc:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| upflickered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| upflickered | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| upflickering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| upflickers | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |