Ablaze
/əˈbleɪz/noun
Burning brightly or in flames; also, intensely excited or full of energy.
Did you know?Ablaze is a later English formation from a blaze, and the base word blaze is tied to Germanic words for shining or burning, not to any hidden occult spell—though it still feels like one.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*blæsj- / *blas-
“A root connected with shining, flashing, or burning”
Old English
OE
blæse
“A torch, flame, or blazing fire”
Middle English
ME
blase / blasen
“To blaze or burn brightly”
16th Century
English
a blaze
“In a blaze; on fire; brightly burning”
Modern English
English
ablaze
“Burning brightly or intensely illuminated”