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Definition of Scintillant
1. Adjective. Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light. "`glistering' is an archaic term"
Similar to: Bright
Derivative terms: Coruscate, Glitter, Glitter, Scintillate, Scintillate, Sparkle
Definition of Scintillant
1. a. Emitting sparks, or fine igneous particles; sparkling.
Definition of Scintillant
1. Adjective. Producing sparks. ¹
2. Adjective. Sparkling ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scintillant
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scintillant
Literary usage of Scintillant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Royal Ascot: Its History & Its Associations by George James Cawthorne, Richard S. Herod (1902)
"Merman and scintillant claimed staying powers, but at weight for age could not
... When the horses had got fairly to work, Nevis made the pace, scintillant ..."
2. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1910)
"There is a petition to Henry, prince of Wales, to " cherish and maintaine the
scintillant embers of my diminutive lampe by infusing into them the quickening ..."
3. Le comte de Monte-Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet, Pier Angelo Fiorentino, Camille Fontaine (1909)
"... science. scinder, to divide. scintillant, -e, sparkling, scintillant. scrupule,
m., scruple. se, himself, herself, itself, oneself, themselves. seau, ..."
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