upflicker

English

Etymology

From up- +‎ flicker.

Verb

upflicker (third-person singular simple present upflickers, present participle upflickering, simple past and past participle upflickered)

  1. (poetic) To flicker upward.
    • 1888, David Gray, “Outrivalled”, in Life, letters, poems, etc:
      The rose of love she wore for him blushed with a crimson flame, / And in her eyes the fire of life upflickered as he came.
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