Coruscation
[,kɒrәs'keiʃәn]
Definition
(noun.) a sudden or striking display of brilliance; 'coruscations of great wit'.
Edited by Elsie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A sudden flash or play of light.
(n.) A flash of intellectual brilliancy.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Flash, sparkle, glitter, gleam, scintillation.
Typist: Tabitha
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CORUSCATE]
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Examples
- When he turned his head quickly his hair seemed to shake out light, and some persons thought they saw decided genius in this coruscation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Brilliant arc lamps, rivaling the sun in power, make night into day, and produce along our streets coruscations, silhouettes, and dancing shadows in spectacular and unceasing pageants. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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