afoam

== English == === Etymology === From a- +‎ foam. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈfoʊm/ === Adjective === afoam (not comparable) In a foaming state; producing foam. Covered or filled (with something foaming or resembling foam). 1988, Charlotte MacLeod (as Alisa Craig), The Grub-and-Stakers Pinch a Poke, New York: Avon, Chapter 6, p. 48,[6] […] Minerva […] arrived with a huge armload of costumes, followed by Zilla and a couple more, all afoam with petticoats. 2000, Jan Thornhill, “Extremes” in Drought & Other Stories, Dunvegan, ON: Cormorant Books, p. 126,[7] Margot’s thick black hair afoam with Spic and Span, swooshing back and forth across a grimy kitchen floor === Adverb === afoam (not comparable) In a foaming state. === Further reading === “afoam”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === AAMOF