outbursting

adj, noun — 2 senses

adj

Etymology From out- + bursting.

Bursting out.

noun

Etymology From out- + bursting.

A bursting out; a sudden eruption.

It is written in the ottava rima stanza of the Italians, and it is remarkable for the profusion and variety of images and groups which it thrusts upon the fancy, relieved often by sudden outburstings of the richest poetical imagination.1884, Frederick A. Hoffman, Poetry, Its Origin, Nature, and History, page 676:

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