Meaning of SCINTILLANT
| Pronunciation: | | 'sintlunt
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| | Definition: | | [adj] having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term" |
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| | Synonyms: | | aglitter(p), bright, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillating, sparkling(a), sparkly |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Scin"til*lant\, a. [L. scintillans, p. pr. of
scintillare to sparkle. See {Scintillate}.]
Emitting sparks, or fine igneous particles; sparkling. --M.
Green.
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