blossomest

English

Etymology

blossom +‎ -est

Adjective

blossomest

1. Most like a blossom.
   • 1871 February 25, Myron B. Benton, “A Midwinter-Day”, in Appletons' Journal of Literature, Science and Art, page 227:

     I fancy that, in the vital kernel of that inanimate ball of fur, which Audubon says he rolls himself into, he is all the while dreaming the sweetest of dreams — living in the rankest, blossomest, honeyest clover, fenced about with delightful tumbled-down stone-walls, […]

   • 1950, Judson Crews, A Poet's Breath, Motive Book Shop (1950), unknown page:

     The winter that strikes the blossomest season

     is the one most dreaded for wanton destruction

   • 1994, Dennis Potter, 15 March 1994, an interview with Melvyn Bragg. Broadcast by Channel 4 on 5 April 1994

     ... instead of saying "Oh that's nice blossom" ... looking at it through the window when I'm writing, I see it is the whitest, frothiest, blossomest blossom that there ever could be, and I can see it.

   • 1998 April 14, [nimbus], “Re: about fear”, in alt.dreams.castaneda‎^[1] (Usenet):

     The cherry trees are at their frothy blossomest and the vivid green of new growth lights even the darkest corners.

   • 2000 February 14, Barbara Martin, “Re: Nat's holiday”, in alt.support.arthritis‎^[2] (Usenet):

     In my opinion, one of the nicest sights wil^[sic] be in the Cotswolds, just north of Oxford, where the blossom is the blossomest, the rolling countryside is the prettiest and the cottages are the most picturesque.

Related terms

• blossomiest

Verb

blossomest

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of blossom
   • 1840, Francis Hastings Doyle, "To —", in Miscellaneous Verses, Blatch and Lampert (1840), page 50:

     Like some young flower, thou blossomest,

     Without a fear on earth;

   • 1861, J. T. Burgess, Life Scenes and Social Sketches: A Book for English Hearths and Homes, W. Kent & Co., page 33:

     You live and you die — cold winter is your tomb; but, when spring comes, with its genial showers, and dissolves thy bonds, thou arisest and blossomest more sweetly than before.

   • 1907, Louis M. Elshemus, "Mollie", in All About Girls: Unpoetical and Poetical Maidens, Eastman Lewis (1907), page 163:

     That blossomest above the calm Pacific's beach

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:blossomest.