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scintillant, a.|ˈsɪntɪlənt|
Also 8 scintilant.
[ad. L. scintillant-em, pres. pple. of scintillāre to scintillate. Cf. F. scintillant.]
Scintillating.
1737M. Green Spleen 219 Who can view the pointed rays, That from black eyes scintillant blaze? 1790R. Kerr tr. Lavoisier's Elem. Chem. 497 Red scintilant zeolite from Edelfors. 1806W. Turton tr. Linn. Syst. Nat. VII. Expl. Terms, Scintillant, emitting sparks of fire when burnt. 1864G. M. Musgrave Ten Days in Fr. Parsonage II. ii. 53 Cloth of gold,..silk, and other scintillant adornments. 1890Clark Russell Shipmate Louise III. xli. 289 By this time the island had melted into the scintillant dusk of the sky.
b. Her. Emitting sparks.
1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. iv. (1611) 95 He beareth seven Firebrands flammant and Scintillant proper. 1868Cussans Handbk. Her. viii. (1893) 130.
c. fig.
1794Mrs. Piozzi Brit. Synon. I. 400 Hudibras too, of all books perhaps most dazzling with scintillant brightness. 1828D'Israeli Chas. I, viii. I. 249 His scintillant wit. 1880Ruskin Notes on Prout & Hunt 9 Genius..scintillant enough to be made more vivid by contraction. |