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Definition of Brilliance

1. Noun. A light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted. "A glare of sunlight"

2. Noun. The quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand. "Advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products"

3. Noun. Unusual mental ability.

Definition of Brilliance

1. n. Brilliancy.

Definition of Brilliance

1. Noun. The quality of being exceptionally effulgent (giving off light). ¹

2. Noun. The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity. ¹

3. Noun. (chiefly British) Magnificence; resplendence. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brilliance

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brilliance

brightwork brightworks brigose brigs brigue brigued brigues briguing briguings brik

briks brill brill-zinsser disease briller brillest brilliance (current term) brilliances brilliancies brilliancy brilliant

brilliant green brilliant green salt agar brilliant pebble brilliant rummynose tetra brilliant rummynose tetras brilliant vital red brilliant yellow brilliantine brilliantined brilliantines

Literary usage of Brilliance

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

1. Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Darwin: Chiefly During His Residence in Lichfield by Anna Seward (1804)
"The picture with which her address commences, is of consummate brilliance and grace; behold it, reader, and judge if this praise be too glowing! ..."

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