Meaning

adjective keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement; - Bram Stoker

adjective lighted up by or as by fire or flame

adjective resembling flame in brilliance or color

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English blaze English ablaze From a- (“on, in”) + blaze (“flame”).

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