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flaming

fla·ming

UK/ˈfleɪmɪŋ/ US/ˈfleɪmɪŋ/ fairly common uk

adjective

1.

resembling flame in brilliance or color

  • “maple trees ablaze in autumn”
  • “flaming autumn leaves”
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2.

lighted up by or as by fire or flame

  • “forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning”
  • “even the car”
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3.

(used of persons) informal intensifiers

  • “what a bally (or blinking) nuisance”
  • “a bloody fool”
  • “a crashing bore”
  • “you flaming idiot”
4.

very intense

  • “a fiery temper”
  • “flaming passions”
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noun

1.

the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

  • “fire was one of our ancestors”
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Origin

From the German surname for someone from Flanders, from Middle High German vlaeminc, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz. See Flanders, Fleming, and the variant Flemming.

Phrases

  • flame bait
  • flame war
  • flaming Katy
  • flaming Lamborghini
  • flaming mad
  • flaming Nora
  • flaming onion
  • flaming queen
  • flaming sword
  • flaming volcano

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