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Webster 1913 Edition


Flaming

Flam′ing

,
Adj.
1.
Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating.
2.
Of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling.
“In flaming yellow bright.”
Prior.
3.
Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest;
as, a
flaming
proclomation or harangue
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Flaming

FLA'MING

,
ppr.
1.
Burning in flame.
2.
a. Bright; red. Also, violent; vehement; as a flaming harangue.

FLA'MING

,
Noun.
A bursting out in a flame.

Definition 2024


flaming

flaming

English

Adjective

flaming (comparative more flaming, superlative most flaming)

  1. On fire with visible flames.
    The flaming debris kept the firefighter well back, and the sparks threatened the neighborhood.
    • 2011, Stephanie Owen Reeder, Amazing Grace: An Adventure at Sea (page 76)
      On Christmas Day, the pudding was served piping hot, with flaming brandy on top.
  2. (colloquial) Extremely obvious; visibly evident. Typically of a homosexual male.
    To call him a flaming homosexual would be an understatement, but I think he acts that way just to see people react.
  3. (Britain, colloquial) Damned, bloody.
    I wasted three hours in that flaming traffic jam!

Translations

Verb

flaming

  1. present participle of flame

See also

Noun

flaming (plural flamings)

  1. Sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame.
  2. (Internet slang) Vitriolic criticism.
    You can expect a flaming if you post irrelevant spam to a newsgroup.

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

flaming m anim

  1. flamingo

Declension