aboil
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈbɔɪl/, /əˈbɔɪl̩/
Adjective
aboil (comparative more aboil, superlative most aboil)
- In a boil; boiling. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
- In the kitchen several pots were aboil.
- (figuratively) Heated up; excited. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
- 1981, Antæus (issues 43-46, page 7)
- At ten o'clock on the morning of his third visit, Pablo found himself aboil with rage and sweat, glaring into the druggist's thick horn-rimmed spectacles in an attempt to engage the dead bug eyes behind them.
- 1981, Antæus (issues 43-46, page 7)
Translations
excited
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Adverb
aboil (not comparable)
References
- “aboil” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.
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