Definition of Coruscating

1. Verb. (present participle of coruscate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coruscating

1. coruscate [v] - See also: coruscate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coruscating

cortisol suppression test
cortisols
cortisone
cortisone reductase
cortisones
cortodoxone
coruler
corulers
corundom
corundum
corundums
coruscant
coruscate
coruscated
coruscates
coruscating (current term)
coruscatingly
coruscation
coruscations
corvee
corvees
corven
corves
corvesor
corvesors
corvet
corveted
corvets
corvette
corvetted

Literary usage of Coruscating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1837)
"... another,—this latter throwing out singularly brilliant coruscating streamers towards the zenith, while it rested on luminous clouds, near the horizon, ..."

2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1870)
"It is dangerous to give examples of coruscating conversation or the talk of a quiet, and pleasing lady like the wife of the Vice-Chancellor; ..."

3. The Makers of English Fiction by William James Dawson (1905)
"Or, to change the figure, never was there so coruscating a style. ... Sometimes it is almost mischievously coruscating, as though a boy exploded crackers ..."

4. The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Personal by Elisha Kent Kane (1854)
"... with more of coruscating movement than any other form. It was somewhat remarkable, that of six such displays ob. served in October amid February, ..."

5. Arctic Researches, and Life Among the Esquimaux: Being the Narrative of an by Charles Francis Hall (1865)
"Then the whole arch above became crowded. Down, down it came; nearer and nearer it approached us.- Sheets of golden flame, coruscating while leaping from ..."

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