scintillant

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪntɪlənt/
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Adjective

scintillant (comparative more scintillant, superlative most scintillant)

  1. That scintillates.
    • 1950, Jack Vance, Dying Earth:
      The father said with patience, "I will bestow on you my fine white horse, my Expansible Egg for your shelter, my Scintillant Dagger to illuminate the night []

Translations

French

Participle

scintillant

  1. present participle of scintiller

Adjective

scintillant (feminine scintillante, masculine plural scintillants, feminine plural scintillantes)

  1. scintillating

Further reading

Latin

Verb

scintillant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of scintillō