aflash

aflash

English

Etymology

a- +‎ flash

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈflæʃ/

Adjective

aflash (not comparable)

1. Flashing.
   • 1889, Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, New York: Charles L. Webster, Chapter 43, pp. 553-554,

     Soon we could see the innumerable banners fluttering, and then the sun struck the sea of armor and set it all aflash. Yes, it was a fine sight; I hadn’t ever seen anything to beat it.

   • 1976, Samuel R. Delany, Triton, New York: Bantam, Chapter 4, p. 152,

     From the ceiling a screen folded down, its face aflash with myriad numbers, grids, and graphs.

   • 1980, Don DeLillo (as Cleo Birdwell), Amazons, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Part 2, Chapter 8, pp. 171-172,

     He stroked his small, dark, squarish jaw, and lit up a cigarette, although the no smoking light had been aflash for at least fifteen minutes.