brilliancen.

/ˈbrɪljəns/

Etymology: < brilliant n.¹: see -ance suffix. No corresponding word in French.brilliance and brilliancy are to a great extent synonyms: brilliancy, however, is more distinctly a quality having degrees; as in the comparative brilliancy of two colours.

1. Intense or sparkling brightness or radiance, lustre, splendour.Not in Johnson 1755–73.

ΘΚΠ

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 > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > radiance or brilliance

gleamOE

gleec1440

blaze1578

radiancea1593

radiancy1595

lustre1602

prefulgency1660

brilliance1755

rayonnement1910

1755 E. Young Centaur i, in Wks. (1757) IV. 107 How far wit can set wisdom at defiance, and, with its artful brilliances, dazzle common understandings?

1830 Tennyson Ode to Memory ii, in Poems 59 Fruits, Which in wintertide shall star The black earth with brilliance rare.

1879 W. D. Howells Lady of Aroostook xxii. 243 The brilliance of a lamp that shot its red across the gloom.

1882 Macmillan's Mag. 64 Roderigues stands out well between the blue brilliances of sky and sea.

2. fig.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [noun]

wit1297

ingeny1474

inginea1522

ingenuity1600

flame1642

genius1749

iridescency1799

iridescence1803

brilliance1807

brilliancy1842

superintelligence1876

ingenium1879

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad i. 31 New strength and brilliance flush'd his mortal sight.

1842 H. Rogers Introd. Burke's Wks. (1842) I. 3 Both [the brothers Burke] possessed much of the brilliance of mind which so eminently distinguished Edmund.

1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope 17 The story is told..with his usual brilliance by Macaulay.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	brilliance
释义	brilliancen. /ˈbrɪljəns/ Etymology: < brilliant n.¹: see -ance suffix. No corresponding word in French.brilliance and brilliancy are to a great extent synonyms: brilliancy, however, is more distinctly a quality having degrees; as in the comparative brilliancy of two colours. 1. Intense or sparkling brightness or radiance, lustre, splendour.Not in Johnson 1755–73. ΘΚΠ 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 > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > radiance or brilliance gleamOE gleec1440 blaze1578 radiancea1593 radiancy1595 lustre1602 prefulgency1660 brilliance1755 rayonnement1910 1755 E. Young Centaur i, in Wks. (1757) IV. 107 How far wit can set wisdom at defiance, and, with its artful brilliances, dazzle common understandings? 1830 Tennyson Ode to Memory ii, in Poems 59 Fruits, Which in wintertide shall star The black earth with brilliance rare. 1879 W. D. Howells Lady of Aroostook xxii. 243 The brilliance of a lamp that shot its red across the gloom. 1882 Macmillan's Mag. 64 Roderigues stands out well between the blue brilliances of sky and sea. 2. fig. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [noun] wit1297 ingeny1474 inginea1522 ingenuity1600 flame1642 genius1749 iridescency1799 iridescence1803 brilliance1807 brilliancy1842 superintelligence1876 ingenium1879 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad i. 31 New strength and brilliance flush'd his mortal sight. 1842 H. Rogers Introd. Burke's Wks. (1842) I. 3 Both [the brothers Burke] possessed much of the brilliance of mind which so eminently distinguished Edmund. 1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope 17 The story is told..with his usual brilliance by Macaulay. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1755
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