What does "eruption" mean?
Eruption: That which bursts forth.
Additional senses
- 2.A violent exclamation; ejaculation. He would . . . break out into bitter and passionate eruditions. Sir H. Wotton.
- 3.(Med.) The breaking out of pimples, or an efflorescence, as in measles, scarlatina, etc.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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