Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat. · A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair. · An aggressively insulting criticism or remark. · A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOf a brilliant reddish orange-gold colour, like that of a flame.
From Middle English flawme, blend of Old French flame and flambe, flamble, the first from Latin flamma, the second from Latin flammula, diminutive of flamma, both from pre-Latin *fladma; Proto-Italic *flagmā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”). Displaced native Old English līeġ.
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