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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  flame
       
           To rant, to speak or write incessantly and/or
          rabidly on some relatively uninteresting subject or with a
          patently ridiculous attitude or with hostility toward a
          particular person or group of people.  "Flame" is used as a
          verb ("Don't flame me for this, but..."), a flame is a single
          flaming message, and "flamage" /flay'm*j/ the content.
       
          Flamage may occur in any medium (e.g. spoken, electronic
          mail, Usenet news, World-Wide Web).  Sometimes a flame
          will be delimited in text by marks such as "...".
       
          The term was probably independently invented at several
          different places.
       
          Mark L. Levinson says, "When I joined the Harvard student
          radio station (WHRB) in 1966, the terms flame and flamer were
          already well established there to refer to impolite ranting
          and to those who performed it.  Communication among the
          students who worked at the station was by means of what today
          you might call a paper-based Usenet group.  Everyone wrote
          comments to one another in a large ledger.  Documentary
          evidence for the early use of flame/flamer is probably still
          there for anyone fanatical enough to research it."
       
          It is reported that "flaming" was in use to mean something
          like "interminably drawn-out semi-serious discussions"
          (late-night bull sessions) at Carleton College during
          1968-1971.
       
          Usenetter Marc Ramsey, who was at WPI from 1972 to 1976,
          says: "I am 99% certain that the use of "flame" originated at
          WPI.  Those who made a nuisance of themselves insisting that
          they needed to use a TTY for "real work" came to be known as
          "flaming asshole lusers".  Other particularly annoying people
          became "flaming asshole ravers", which shortened to "flaming
          ravers", and ultimately "flamers".  I remember someone picking
          up on the Human Torch pun, but I don't think "flame on/off"
          was ever much used at WPI."  See also asbestos.
       
          It is possible that the hackish sense of "flame" is much older
          than that.  The poet Chaucer was also what passed for a wizard
          hacker in his time; he wrote a treatise on the astrolabe, the
          most advanced computing device of the day.  In Chaucer's
          "Troilus and Cressida", Cressida laments her inability to
          grasp the proof of a particular mathematical theorem; her
          uncle Pandarus then observes that it's called "the fleminge of
          wrecches."  This phrase seems to have been intended in context
          as "that which puts the wretches to flight" but was probably
          just as ambiguous in Middle English as "the flaming of
          wretches" would be today.  One suspects that Chaucer would
          feel right at home on Usenet.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (2001-03-11)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Flame \Flame\ (fl[=a]m), n. [OE. flame, flaume, flaumbe, OF.
     flame, flambe, F. flamme, fr. L. flamma, fr. flamma, fr.
     flagrare to burn. See Flagrant, and cf. Flamneau,
     Flamingo.]
     1. A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat;
        darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm;
        glowing imagination; passionate excitement or anger. ``In
        a flame of zeal severe.'' --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow.
                                                    --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Smit with the love of sister arts we came,
              And met congenial, mingling flame with flame.
                                                    --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Ardor of affection; the passion of love. --Coleridge.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A person beloved; a sweetheart. --Thackeray.
  
     Syn: Blaze; brightness; ardor. See Blaze.
          [1913 Webster]
  
     Flame bridge, a bridge wall. See Bridge, n., 5.
  
     Flame color, brilliant orange or yellow. --B. Jonson.
  
     Flame engine, an early name for the gas engine.
  
     Flame manometer, an instrument, invented by Koenig, to
        obtain graphic representation of the action of the human
        vocal organs. See Manometer.
  
     Flame reaction (Chem.), a method of testing for the
        presence of certain elements by the characteristic color
        imparted to a flame; as, sodium colors a flame yellow,
        potassium violet, lithium crimson, boracic acid green,
        etc. Cf. Spectrum analysis, under Spectrum.
  
     Flame tree (Bot.), a tree with showy scarlet flowers, as
        the Rhododendron arboreum in India, and the
        Brachychiton acerifolium of Australia.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Flame \Flame\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flamed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Flaming.] [OE. flamen, flaumben, F. flamber, OF. also,
     flamer. See Flame, n.]
     1. To burn with a flame or blaze; to burn as gas emitted from
        bodies in combustion; to blaze.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing
              would make it flame again.            --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of
        passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardor.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He flamed with indignation.           --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Flame \Flame\, v. t.
     To kindle; to inflame; to excite.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           And flamed with zeal of vengeance inwardly. --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]


  flame [at MIT, orig. from the phrase `flaming asshole'] 1. vi. To post
     an email message intended to insult and provoke. 2. vi. To speak
     incessantly and/or rabidly on some relatively uninteresting subject or
     with a patently ridiculous attitude. 3. vt. Either of senses 1 or 2,
     directed with hostility at a particular person or people. 4. n. An
     instance of flaming. When a discussion degenerates into useless
     controversy, one might tell the participants "Now you're just flaming"
     or "Stop all that flamage!" to try to get them to cool down (so to
     speak).
  
     The term may have been independently invented at several different
     places. It has been reported from MIT, Carleton College and RPI (among
     many other places) from as far back as 1969, and from the University of
     Virginia in the early 1960s.
  
     It is possible that the hackish sense of `flame' is much older than
     that. The poet Chaucer was also what passed for a wizard hacker in his
     time; he wrote a treatise on the astrolabe, the most advanced computing
     device of the day. In Chaucer's "Troilus and Cressida", Cressida laments
     her inability to grasp the proof of a particular mathematical theorem;
     her uncle Pandarus then observes that it's called "the fleminge of
     wrecches." This phrase seems to have been intended in context as "that
     which puts the wretches to flight" but was probably just as ambiguous in
     Middle English as "the flaming of wretches" would be today. One suspects
     that Chaucer would feel right at home on Usenet.

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]


  FLAME
       FLexible API for Module-based Environments (RL, API)

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Flame \Flame\ (fl[=a]m), n. [OE. flame, flaume, flaumbe, OF.
     flame, flambe, F. flamme, fr. L. flamma, fr. flamma, fr.
     flagrare to burn. See Flagrant, and cf. Flamneau,
     Flamingo.]
     1. A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat;
        darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.
  
     2. Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm;
        glowing imagination; passionate excitement or anger. ``In
        a flame of zeal severe.'' --Milton.
  
              Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow.
                                                    --Pope.
  
              Smit with the love of sister arts we came, And met
              congenial, mingling flame with flame. --Pope.
  
     3. Ardor of affection; the passion of love. --Coleridge.
  
     4. A person beloved; a sweetheart. --Thackeray.
  
     Syn: Blaze; brightness; ardor. See Blaze.
  
     Flame bridge, a bridge wall. See Bridge, n., 5.
  
     Flame color, brilliant orange or yellow. --B. Jonson.
  
     Flame engine, an early name for the gas engine.
  
     Flame manometer, an instrument, invented by Koenig, to
        obtain graphic representation of the action of the human
        vocal organs. See Manometer.
  
     Flame reaction (Chem.), a method of testing for the
        presence of certain elements by the characteristic color
        imparted to a flame; as, sodium colors a flame yellow,
        potassium violet, lithium crimson, boracic acid green,
        etc. Cf. Spectrum analysis, under Spectrum.
  
     Flame tree (Bot.), a tree with showy scarlet flowers, as
        the Rhododendron arboreum in India, and the
        Brachychiton acerifolium of Australia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Flame \Flame\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flamed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Flaming.] [OE. flamen, flaumben, F. flamber, OF. also,
     flamer. See Flame, n.]
     1. To burn with a flame or blaze; to burn as gas emitted from
        bodies in combustion; to blaze.
  
              The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing
              would make it flame again.            --Shak.
  
     2. To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of
        passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardor.
  
              He flamed with indignation.           --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Flame \Flame\, v. t.
     To kindle; to inflame; to excite.
  
           And flamed with zeal of vengeance inwardly. --Spenser.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  flame
       n : the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing
           heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our
           ancestors' first discoveries" [syn: fire, flaming]
       v 1: shine with a sudden light; "The night sky flared with the
            massive bombardment" [syn: flare]
       2: be in flames or aflame; "The sky seemed to flame in the
          Hawaiian sunset"
       3: criticize harshly, on the e-mail

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  flame
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 φλόγα
     2 (μτφρ) ταίρι, η σχέση μου

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  flame
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr flamer  1//3 s pres ind//sub ; 2 s impr)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm flawme)
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm flawmen)
     Romanian n.
     (noun form of ro flamă  indef pl ; indef gen//dat s)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Flame
     German n.
     m Fleming (q: male or of unspecified gender) (native or inhabitant of
  Flanders)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  flame
     a.
     Of a brilliant reddish orange-gold colour, like that of a flame.
     n.
     The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting
  light and heat.
     vb.
     1 To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.
     2 To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to
  be kindled with zeal or ardour.
     3 (lb en Internet ambitransitive) To post a destructively critical or
  abusive message (to somebody).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  flame
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr flamer  1//3 s pres ind//sub ; 2 s impr)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm flawme)
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm flawmen)
     Romanian n.
     (noun form of ro flamă  indef pl ; indef gen//dat s)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Flame
     German n.
     m Fleming (q: male or of unspecified gender) (native or inhabitant of
  Flanders)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  flame
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr flamer  1//3 s pres ind//sub ; 2 s impr)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm flawme)
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm flawmen)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Flame
     German n.
     m Fleming (q: male or of unspecified gender) (native or inhabitant of
  Flanders)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  flame
     Englanti n.
     liekki
     Englanti vb.
     liekehtiä; leimahtaa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  flame
     Engelska n.
     flamma
     Engelska vb.
     flamma

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Flame
     Tyska n.
     (tagg kat=nationaliteter språk=de) flamländare

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Flame /flˈɑːmə/ 
  Fleming 
     Synonyms: Flämin, Flamin
  
   see: die Flamen

From Deutsch-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-rus ]


  Flame /flɛɪ̯m/ 
  флейм
  Internetjargon: verbaler beleidigender Angriff, hitziger unsachlicher Streit im Internet

From Deutsch-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-rus ]


  Flame /ˈflaːmə/ 
  фламандец
  Einwohner der belgischen Region Flandern

From Deutsch-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-spa ]


  Flame /ˈflaːmə/ 
  flamenco
  Einwohner der belgischen Region Flandern

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-swe ]


  Flame /ˈflaːmə/ 
  flamländare
  Einwohner der belgischen Region Flandern

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  flame /flˈeɪm/
  vlam

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Flame /flˈeɪm/
  اللهب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  flame //fleɪm// 
  1. страст
  romantic partner
  2. пла́мък, пламък
  visible part of fire

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  flame //fleɪm// 
  пламвам, пламтя
  to produce flames