skinklingadj.
/ˈskɪŋk(ə)lɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈskɪŋk(ə)lɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈskɪŋk(ə)lɪŋ/, /ˈskɪŋk(ə)lɪn/ Scottish. Chiefly literary and poetic.
Gleaming, glistening, sparkling; (also) showy.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > glittering or sparkling
sparkling?c1225
glising1340
glimmeringa1375
glistening1388
glistering1398
glitteringa1400
coruscantc1485
twinkling1508
flankering1577
fire-darting1594
glitterous1596
scintillant1611
winkinga1616
micant1657
scintillating1664
spangling1665
besparklinga1674
skinkling1790
spunky1791
micacious1797
glistery1806
spark-like1814
spangly1818
emicatious1819
sparky1827
aglitter1828
ablaze1851
aglist1858
scintillescent1860
aglisten1867
glittery1880
twinkly1884
sparkly1922
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adjective] > radiant
shininga900
gladOE
steepa1000
lightsomea1382
freshlyc1426
prefulgentc1480
flagrant?a1500
radiant1509
glazed?1510
refulgent1528
bright-headeda1560
shone1595
tinsel1595
skinkling1790
epiphanous1823
foudroyant1860
1790 A. Wilson Poems 205 Row't in a skinklan plaid.
a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 192 Squire Pope but busks his skinklin patches O' Heathen tatters.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 30 Or flee about on skinklin' wing, Like butterflies.
1849 A. J. Symington Harebell Chimes 104 Death lurks in its skinkling fire.
1873 P. Buchan Inglismill 29 Oor joys, like flow'rs, may bloom at mornin'-tide, At nicht, ae skinklin frost may lay their pride.
1947 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Compl. Poems (1993) I. 724 Aye, when her skinklan' tresses she combs She's bonnier than ocht on the Floo'ery Holms.
2000 M. Fitt But n Ben A-go-go ii. 10 Across the skinklin blue watter, Inverness Parish kythed through the tropical haar like a golem.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1790