单词 | emication |
释义 | † emicationn. Obsolete. rare. 1. ‘Sparkling: flying off in small particles, as sprightly liquors’ (Johnson). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > spark or glittering light > sparkling or glittering glistening1398 sprankling1398 twinkling1398 sprinklinga1400 sparklingc1440 glisteringc1450 glister1535 glittering1567 spangling1576 scintillation1585 sparkle1589 glitter1602 sparking1611 coruscancy1630 emication1646 eruscationa1652 sparklingnessa1691 glitterance1801 glisten1840 spangle1853 sparkliness- 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. v. 90 Iron in Aqua fortis will fall into ebullition, with noise and emication . View more context for this quotation 1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. 1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict. ; and in mod. Dicts. 2. The action of shining forth. In quot. figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > [noun] > shining or being luminous shininga1300 lighteninga1382 lucencec1485 overshining1587 emication1633 luminosity1634 outshining1648 luminousness1668 fulsion1680 affulsion1730 raying1787 lumination1794 nebulosity1813 lustrousness1839 luminance1880 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 19) 355 Christ hath..diverse names of light given him, according to the different degrees of his emication. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Emication, a shining or appearing aloft. 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1633 |
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