ˈbrillantn.
Obsolete.
Brilliancy.
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the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [noun] > brilliance
alightingeOE
cleretea1340
blasenessa1398
clarityc1400
splendourc1450
resplendishure?1473
resplendour?1473
resplendence?a1475
resplendishing1479
flamingc1540
blazing1563
blaze1586
fulgence1592
fulgoura1600
resplendency1599
splendence1604
nitor1607
refulgence1624
refulgency?1624
fulgurea1634
fulgency1643
fulgidity1656
lucency1656
transplendency1664
vividness1668
brillant1676
shiningness1703
fulgurity1721
vivacity1735
brilliancy1747
brilliance1755
flame1800
éclata1806
vividity1813
prefulgence1892
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [noun] > brilliancy of wit or language
sparkle1611
brillant1676
sparklingnessa1691
brilliant1691
1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iii. ii. 41 The brillain of so much good language Sir has much More power than the little beauty I can boast.
1678 T. Rymer Trag. Last Age 6 He gives a lustre and brillant which dazzles the sight.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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