¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coruscations
1. coruscation [n] - See also: coruscation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coruscations
Literary usage of Coruscations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel: With Supplementary Extracts from the by John Earle (1865)
"Then it moved towards the north; from whence, in a little time, it renewed its
wavy motions and coruscations as before, which continued to be seen till past ..."
2. English Hymns: Their Authors and History by Samuel Willoughby Duffield (1886)
"... and lit up by the coruscations of glory which radiate from that throne of
grace, we may even here exultingly exclaim : 4 The opening heavens around me ..."
3. Burke, Select Works by Edmund Burke (1881)
"or seems to burst into mere wanton coruscations. The boldest strokes come in
exactly in the right places, and we acquiesce in the judgment with which the ..."
4. History and mystery of precious stones by William Jones (1880)
"... their sages to investigate and interpret the various shades and coruscations
of gems, and to explain to a moral purpose the different colours, the dews, ..."
5. A Dictionary of the Kaffir Language: Including the Xosa and Zulu Dialects by William Jafferd Davis (1872)
"To glimmer or quiver with rapid coruscations, as the sky sometimes does with
sheet lightning in a storm, or with an aurora borealis. uku ..."
Other Resources:
