coruscate

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English

WOTD – 3 March 2006
The coruscating lights of the aurora borealis

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Etymology

From Latin coruscō (“to flash”) +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɒɹəskeɪt/, /ˈkɔːɹəskeɪt/
  • enPR: kôrʹə-skāt, kŏrʹə-skāt

Verb

coruscate (third-person singular simple present coruscates, present participle coruscating, simple past and past participle coruscated)

  1. (intransitive) To give off light; to reflect in flashes; to sparkle.
    Synonyms: gleam, glimmer, glisten, glitter, radiate, scintillate, sheen, shine, sparkle, twinkle
  2. (intransitive, figurative) To exhibit brilliant technique or style.
    • 1981, A. D. Hope, “His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell”, in A Book of Answers‎, archived from the original on 16 July 2021:
      For truth and tenderness do more / Than coruscating metaphor.

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

coruscate

  1. inflection of coruscare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

coruscate f pl

  1. feminine plural of coruscato

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Latin

Verb

coruscāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of coruscō
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