upflicker

upflicker

English

Etymology

up- +‎ flicker

Verb

upflicker (third-person singular simple present upflickers, present participle upflickering, simple past and past participle upflickered)

1. (poetic) To flicker upward.
   • 1888, David Gray, "Outrivalled", in Life, letters, poems, etc

     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.