In a flowering state; blooming or displaying flowers.
From 'a-' (in the state of) + 'flower,' where 'flower' comes from Old French 'flour,' from Latin 'flos' (a blossom), tracing back to an Indo-European root.
Poetic texts about spring used 'aflower' to capture a moment—when a garden is 'aflower,' you're capturing that time of full bloom in one beautiful word that modern English would need a phrase to describe.
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