ˈbrilliantn.¹

Forms: Also 1600s–1700s brillant.

Etymology: < French brillant in same sense, substantive use of brillant adjective.

a. A diamond of the finest cut and brilliancy.(The brilliant differs from the rose, in having horizontal faces on its upper and under sides, called the table and the collet respectively, which are surrounded and united by facets, while the upper surface of the rose rises into a dome, and is covered with facets. The French brilliant consists of two truncated pyramids placed base to base. Watts.)

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > diamond > [noun] > fine or perfect diamond

paragon1558

brilliant1690

naïf1892

river1916

1690 London Gaz. No. 2609/4 Lost..a square Diamond Brilliant, weighing eight grains.

1700 Dryden Char. Good Parson in Fables 536 This Brillant, is so Spotless, and so Bright, He needs no Foyl.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. i. 114 The Jeweller knows that the finest Brilliant requires a Foil.

1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. xv. 113 A brilliant, which has successively graced the necks of a hundred beauties.

b. attributive and in other combinations.

ΚΠ

1705 London Gaz. No. 4160/4 Lost..two single Brilliant Drops.

1709 London Gaz. No. 4617/4 A Rose Diamond Ring, set with a large Brilliant Stone.

1713 London Gaz. No. 5139/4 Ten Diamonds, all Brilliant cut.

1748 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 487 He has given her a very fine pair of brilliant earrings.

1763 B. Wilson in Philos. Trans. 1762 (Royal Soc.) 52 444 Six of these gems are cut brilliant fashion.

†2. A kind of silken fabric. Obsolete.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > other

camaca1338

eburgese1558

mantua1678

shagreen1702

brilliant1719

Mantua1731

sayette1770

Peking1776

throwns1828

satin de chine1833

satin de Lyon1868

Florence1882

taffetine1884

Milanese silk1897

Pompadour sheeny1902

météor1908

1719 R. Steele Spinster 345 Many woollen stuffs, and stuffs mixed with silk, and even silks themselves..such as brilliants and pulerays, antherines and bombazines.

3. ‘A brisk, high mettled, stately horse, that has a rais'd neck, a high motion, excellent haunches’ (Bailey vol. II. 1731); also in Craig 1847.

4. A species of firework.

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the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > types of

fire sword1482

firedrake1608

fiend1634

fire club1634

fire lance1634

fire-target1634

saucisson1634

fire-trunk1639

runner1647

fire pole1708

fire fountain1729

fire-flyer1740

line-rocket1740

devil1742

fire tree1749

Grecian fire1774

jet1774

fire pan1799

metamorphose1818

Saxon1839

lightning paper1866

asteroid1875

brilliant1875

pearl1884

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 682 A fixed brilliant..gun powder, 16; steel-filings, 4.

5. The smallest type used in English printing, being a size less than ‘diamond’. (A fancy name, suggested by pearl, ruby, diamond.)

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society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [noun] > height of type > names of type sizes

English1539

great primer1539

long primer1553

pica1553

brevier1598

nonpareil1656

pearl1656

small pica1657

minion1659

canon1683

small body1683

minim1706

paragon1706

bourgeois1755

diamond1778

ruby1778

Trafalgar1807

agate1831

minikinc1870

minionette1871

brilliant1875

gem1888

excelsior1902

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 640 The smallest is called Brilliant, but is seldom used.

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

brilliantadj.n.²

/ˈbrɪljənt/

Forms: Also 1600s–1700s brillant.

Etymology: < French brillant shining, present participle of briller to shine, corresponding to Provençal brillar , Spanish brillar , Portuguese brilhar , Italian brillare , commonly taken as formed on a Latin type *berillāre , < late Latin berillus (Isid.), Latin beryllus beryl n. and adj. Littré notices that the verb is not found in French before the 16th cent., when it appears to have been taken from one of the cognate languages.

A. adj.

a. Brightly shining, glittering, sparkling, lustrous.

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the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [adjective] > brilliant or resplendent

flaming?a1400

livelyc1425

resplendent?1440

resplendant?1473

resplendishant?1473

fulgent?a1475

resplendishing1479

splendiferousa1500

vehement1528

preclarec1550

profulgent1561

prelucent1568

splendicant1592

full1599

resplending1600

splendorous1604

splendious1609

splendid1634

flammeous1646

vivid1665

brilliant1681

effulgent1737

fulgorous1772

spandy-bright1968

1681 Blount's Glossographia (ed. 5) Brillant, glittering, sparkling, shining.

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Brilliant, glittering, casting forth a sparkling Light.

1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Brillant, glittering, sparkling, shining, bright.

1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. Introd. 1 The beauty of brilliant colours.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. vi. 130 There is always a stronger sense of life when the sun is brilliant after rain.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiogr. (ed. 2) 75 As brilliant as a piece of polished silver.

b. Photography. Applied to a type of reflecting view-finder (see quot. 1958).

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > parts and accessories of camera > [adjective] > view-finders

brilliant1894

bright line1954

1894 Photogram Oct. 247/1 The ‘Adams Brilliant’ finder is a new departure of considerable importance.

1896 Photography Ann. 1895 429 Brilliant view finders are now becoming the rule.

1937 Miniature Camera Mag. Jan. 92/1 With the additional aid of a ‘brilliant’ viewfinder.

1958 Newnes Compl. Amateur Photogr. iii. 40 Many simple cameras are fitted with so-called brilliant finders—simply a metal container with a lens in front, a mirror set at 45°, and another which receives the image and into which the user looks.

c. brilliant cut n. in Glass-cutting. (See quot. 1962.)

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > diamond > [adjective] > specific cut

star-cut1704

rose-cut1773

trapped1875

brilliant cut1933

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > ornamental glass-work > [noun] > glass engraving

glass-engraving1875

wheel-engravinga1884

brilliant cut1933

1933 Archit. Rev. 64 22/1 The glass panel with the brilliant-cut (that is engraved with emery wheel) figure had real beauty.

1953 Glass for Glazing (B.S.I.) 21 (caption) Types of brilliant cut.

1962 Gloss. Terms Glass Ind. (B.S.I.) 26 Brilliant cut, a decorative process in which designs are produced on flat glass with abrasive and polishing wheels.

2. fig.

a. Of qualities and actions: Splendid, illustrious, distinguished, striking the imagination.

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective] > specifically of things or actions

famousc1385

noblec1390

undoubtedc1460

illustrious?1566

blazing1576

brilliant1739

1739 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 11 Dec. (1966) II. 163 The Carnaval is expected to be more brillant than common, from the great concourse of Noble strangers.

1769 W. Draper in ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xxiv. 178 Wit is oftentimes false, though it may appear brilliant.

1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 242 A man of solid, though not brilliant parts.

1867 Dickens Let. 3 Dec. (1999) XI. 500 Everything looks brilliant beyond the most sanguine hopes.

b. Of persons: Very distinguished or celebrated; esp. distinguished by talent and cleverness; having showy good qualities.

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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective] > for talent or cleverness

brilliant1849

1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 531 The stern and pensive William relaxed into good humour when his brilliant guest appeared.

1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 230 He found a brilliant circle of noblemen and gentlemen assembled.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 7 Fontenelle was both brilliant and far-sighted.

c. In weakened use: amazing, ‘fantastic’. colloq.

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective]

faireOE

bremea1000

goodlyOE

goodfulc1275

noblec1300

pricec1300

specialc1325

gentlec1330

fine?c1335

singulara1340

thrivena1350

thriven and throa1350

gaya1375

properc1380

before-passinga1382

daintiful1393

principala1398

gradelya1400

burlyc1400

daintyc1400

thrivingc1400

voundec1400

virtuousc1425

hathelc1440

curiousc1475

singlerc1500

beautiful1502

rare?a1534

gallant1539

eximious1547

jolly1548

egregious?c1550

jellyc1560

goodlike1562

brawc1565

of worth1576

brave?1577

surprising1580

finger-licking1584

admirablea1586

excellinga1586

ambrosial1598

sublimated1603

excellent1604

valiant1604

fabulous1609

pure1609

starryc1610

topgallant1613

lovely1614

soaringa1616

twanging1616

preclarent1623

primea1637

prestantious1638

splendid1644

sterling1647

licking1648

spankinga1666

rattling1690

tearing1693

famous1695

capital1713

yrare1737

pure and —1742

daisy1757

immense1762

elegant1764

super-extra1774

trimming1778

grand1781

gallows1789

budgeree1793

crack1793

dandy1794

first rate1799

smick-smack1802

severe1805

neat1806

swell1810

stamming1814

divine1818

great1818

slap-up1823

slapping1825

high-grade1826

supernacular1828

heavenly1831

jam-up1832

slick1833

rip-roaring1834

boss1836

lummy1838

flash1840

slap1840

tall1840

high-graded1841

awful1843

way up1843

exalting1844

hot1845

ripsnorting1846

clipping1848

stupendous1848

stunning1849

raving1850

shrewd1851

jammy1853

slashing1854

rip-staving1856

ripping1858

screaming1859

up to dick1863

nifty1865

premier cru1866

slap-bang1866

clinking1868

marvellous1868

rorty1868

terrific1871

spiffing1872

all wool and a yard wide1882

gorgeous1883

nailing1883

stellar1883

gaudy1884

fizzing1885

réussi1885

ding-dong1887

jim-dandy1888

extra-special1889

yum-yum1890

out of sight1891

outasight1893

smooth1893

corking1895

large1895

super1895

hot dog1896

to die for1898

yummy1899

deevy1900

peachy1900

hi1901

v.g.1901

v.h.c.1901

divvy1903

doozy1903

game ball1905

goodo1905

bosker1906

crackerjack1910

smashinga1911

jake1914

keen1914

posh1914

bobby-dazzling1915

juicy1916

pie on1916

jakeloo1919

snodger1919

whizz-bang1920

wicked1920

four-star1921

wow1921

Rolls-Royce1922

whizz-bang1922

wizard1922

barry1923

nummy1923

ripe1923

shrieking1926

crazy1927

righteous1930

marvy1932

cool1933

plenty1933

brahmaa1935

smoking1934

solid1935

mellow1936

groovy1937

tough1937

bottler1938

fantastic1938

readyc1938

ridge1938

super-duper1938

extraordinaire1940

rumpty1940

sharp1940

dodger1941

grouse1941

perfecto1941

pipperoo1945

real gone1946

bosting1947

supersonic1947

whizzo1948

neato1951

peachy-keen1951

ridgey-dite1953

ridgy-didge1953

top1953

whizzing1953

badass1955

wild1955

belting1956

magic1956

bitching1957

swinging1958

ridiculous1959

a treat1959

fab1961

bad-assed1962

uptight1962

diggish1963

cracker1964

marv1964

radical1964

bakgat1965

unreal1965

pearly1966

together1968

safe1970

bad1971

brilliant1971

fabby1971

schmick1972

butt-kicking1973

ripper1973

Tiffany1973

bodacious1976

rad1976

kif1978

awesome1979

death1979

killer1979

fly1980

shiok1980

stonking1980

brill1981

dope1981

to die1982

mint1982

epic1983

kicking1983

fabbo1984

mega1985

ill1986

posho1989

pukka1991

lovely jubbly1992

awesomesauce2001

nang2002

bess2006

amazeballs2009

boasty2009

daebak2009

beaut2013

1971 Stud. in Eng. (Univ. Cape Town) Feb. 29 Brilliant is of fairly wide application, e.g., a brilliant board, a brilliant ride, a brilliant pair of baggies.

1983 J. Kelman Not not while Giro 17 Man man who would've thought of me getting paid back money like that. Brilliant.

1984 S. Townsend Growing Pains Adrian Mole 15 I allowed Pandora to visit me in my darkened bedroom. We had a brilliant kissing session.

†B. n.²

= brillant n. Obsolete.

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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [noun] > brilliancy of wit or language

sparkle1611

brillant1676

sparklingnessa1691

brilliant1691

1691 Fop Dict. Suppl. The Brilliant of Language. Sharpness and wittiness of Expression.

1694 W. Congreve Double-dealer ii. i. 15 Some distinguishing Quality, as for example, the Belle-air or Brilliant of Mr. Brisk.

Draft additions 1997

Brilliant Pebbles n. a defence strategy conceived as part of the U.S. Strategic Defence Initiative in which incoming enemy missiles are intercepted and destroyed by numerous small heat-seeking missiles; also (usually in lower case), the intercepting missiles themselves.

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society > armed hostility > defence > [noun] > means of defence > specific defence strategy

Star Wars1983

S.D.I.1984

Brilliant Pebbles1988

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > guided or ballistic missile > [noun] > types of

loon1947

seeker1949

Honest John1952

Nike1952

heat-seeker1956

anti-ballistic missile1957

Polaris1957

Pershing1958

SAM1958

cruise missile1959

sea-cat1959

minuteman1961

ABM1963

lance1964

Exocet1970

trident1972

MX missile1973

stinger1975

cruise1976

tomahawk1976

silo buster1977

Euromissile1979

Brilliant Pebbles1988

1988 Aviation Week 21 Mar. 15 Lowell Wood, a directed energy advocate, last week suggested an alternative SDI architecture based on small, lightweight and inexpensive kinetic energy interceptors... ‘Shrinking contemporary smart rocks into brilliant pebbles is an exercise in packaging engineering,’ he told a symposium on SDI.

1988 Aviation Week 22 Aug. 15 Edward Teller and Lowell Wood briefed President Reagan in secret in late July and..early August on the Brilliant Pebbles interceptor. Brilliant pebbles are an alternative approach to the SDI's Space-Based Interceptor weapon.

1989 Economist 4 Feb. 44/3 ‘Brilliant pebbles’..would be tiny heat-seeking missiles already lurking in orbit... Their brilliance would derive from single microchips frozen to superconducting temperatures, each with the power of a modern supercomputer.

1992 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Amer. 8 Nov. c4/1 Clinton..intends to scrap the massive space-based defense system known as Brilliant Pebbles.

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

单词	brilliant
释义	ˈbrilliantn.¹ Forms: Also 1600s–1700s brillant. Etymology: < French brillant in same sense, substantive use of brillant adjective. 1. a. A diamond of the finest cut and brilliancy.(The brilliant differs from the rose, in having horizontal faces on its upper and under sides, called the table and the collet respectively, which are surrounded and united by facets, while the upper surface of the rose rises into a dome, and is covered with facets. The French brilliant consists of two truncated pyramids placed base to base. Watts.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > diamond > [noun] > fine or perfect diamond paragon1558 brilliant1690 naïf1892 river1916 1690 London Gaz. No. 2609/4 Lost..a square Diamond Brilliant, weighing eight grains. 1700 Dryden Char. Good Parson in Fables 536 This Brillant, is so Spotless, and so Bright, He needs no Foyl. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. i. 114 The Jeweller knows that the finest Brilliant requires a Foil. View more context for this quotation 1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. xv. 113 A brilliant, which has successively graced the necks of a hundred beauties. b. attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1705 London Gaz. No. 4160/4 Lost..two single Brilliant Drops. 1709 London Gaz. No. 4617/4 A Rose Diamond Ring, set with a large Brilliant Stone. 1713 London Gaz. No. 5139/4 Ten Diamonds, all Brilliant cut. 1748 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 487 He has given her a very fine pair of brilliant earrings. 1763 B. Wilson in Philos. Trans. 1762 (Royal Soc.) 52 444 Six of these gems are cut brilliant fashion. †2. A kind of silken fabric. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > other camaca1338 eburgese1558 mantua1678 shagreen1702 brilliant1719 Mantua1731 sayette1770 Peking1776 throwns1828 satin de chine1833 satin de Lyon1868 Florence1882 taffetine1884 Milanese silk1897 Pompadour sheeny1902 météor1908 1719 R. Steele Spinster 345 Many woollen stuffs, and stuffs mixed with silk, and even silks themselves..such as brilliants and pulerays, antherines and bombazines. 3. ‘A brisk, high mettled, stately horse, that has a rais'd neck, a high motion, excellent haunches’ (Bailey vol. II. 1731); also in Craig 1847. 4. A species of firework. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > firework > [noun] > types of fire sword1482 firedrake1608 fiend1634 fire club1634 fire lance1634 fire-target1634 saucisson1634 fire-trunk1639 runner1647 fire pole1708 fire fountain1729 fire-flyer1740 line-rocket1740 devil1742 fire tree1749 Grecian fire1774 jet1774 fire pan1799 metamorphose1818 Saxon1839 lightning paper1866 asteroid1875 brilliant1875 pearl1884 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 682 A fixed brilliant..gun powder, 16; steel-filings, 4. 5. The smallest type used in English printing, being a size less than ‘diamond’. (A fancy name, suggested by pearl, ruby, diamond.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [noun] > height of type > names of type sizes English1539 great primer1539 long primer1553 pica1553 brevier1598 nonpareil1656 pearl1656 small pica1657 minion1659 canon1683 small body1683 minim1706 paragon1706 bourgeois1755 diamond1778 ruby1778 Trafalgar1807 agate1831 minikinc1870 minionette1871 brilliant1875 gem1888 excelsior1902 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 640 The smallest is called Brilliant, but is seldom used. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2018). brilliantadj.n.² /ˈbrɪljənt/ Forms: Also 1600s–1700s brillant. Etymology: < French brillant shining, present participle of briller to shine, corresponding to Provençal brillar , Spanish brillar , Portuguese brilhar , Italian brillare , commonly taken as formed on a Latin type berillāre , < late Latin berillus* (Isid.), Latin beryllus beryl n. and adj. Littré notices that the verb is not found in French before the 16th cent., when it appears to have been taken from one of the cognate languages. A. adj. 1. a. Brightly shining, glittering, sparkling, lustrous. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [adjective] > brilliant or resplendent flaming?a1400 livelyc1425 resplendent?1440 resplendant?1473 resplendishant?1473 fulgent?a1475 resplendishing1479 splendiferousa1500 vehement1528 preclarec1550 profulgent1561 prelucent1568 splendicant1592 full1599 resplending1600 splendorous1604 splendious1609 splendid1634 flammeous1646 vivid1665 brilliant1681 effulgent1737 fulgorous1772 spandy-bright1968 1681 Blount's Glossographia (ed. 5) Brillant, glittering, sparkling, shining. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Brilliant, glittering, casting forth a sparkling Light. 1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Brillant, glittering, sparkling, shining, bright. 1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. Introd. 1 The beauty of brilliant colours. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. vi. 130 There is always a stronger sense of life when the sun is brilliant after rain. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiogr. (ed. 2) 75 As brilliant as a piece of polished silver. b. Photography. Applied to a type of reflecting view-finder (see quot. 1958). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > parts and accessories of camera > [adjective] > view-finders brilliant1894 bright line1954 1894 Photogram Oct. 247/1 The ‘Adams Brilliant’ finder is a new departure of considerable importance. 1896 Photography Ann. 1895 429 Brilliant view finders are now becoming the rule. 1937 Miniature Camera Mag. Jan. 92/1 With the additional aid of a ‘brilliant’ viewfinder. 1958 Newnes Compl. Amateur Photogr. iii. 40 Many simple cameras are fitted with so-called brilliant finders—simply a metal container with a lens in front, a mirror set at 45°, and another which receives the image and into which the user looks. c. brilliant cut n. in Glass-cutting. (See quot. 1962.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > diamond > [adjective] > specific cut star-cut1704 rose-cut1773 trapped1875 brilliant cut1933 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > ornamental glass-work > [noun] > glass engraving glass-engraving1875 wheel-engravinga1884 brilliant cut1933 1933 Archit. Rev. 64 22/1 The glass panel with the brilliant-cut (that is engraved with emery wheel) figure had real beauty. 1953 Glass for Glazing (B.S.I.) 21 (caption) Types of brilliant cut. 1962 Gloss. Terms Glass Ind. (B.S.I.) 26 Brilliant cut, a decorative process in which designs are produced on flat glass with abrasive and polishing wheels. 2. fig. a. Of qualities and actions: Splendid, illustrious, distinguished, striking the imagination. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective] > specifically of things or actions famousc1385 noblec1390 undoubtedc1460 illustrious?1566 blazing1576 brilliant1739 1739 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 11 Dec. (1966) II. 163 The Carnaval is expected to be more brillant than common, from the great concourse of Noble strangers. 1769 W. Draper in ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xxiv. 178 Wit is oftentimes false, though it may appear brilliant. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 242 A man of solid, though not brilliant parts. 1867 Dickens Let. 3 Dec. (1999) XI. 500 Everything looks brilliant beyond the most sanguine hopes. b. Of persons: Very distinguished or celebrated; esp. distinguished by talent and cleverness; having showy good qualities. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective] > for talent or cleverness brilliant1849 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 531 The stern and pensive William relaxed into good humour when his brilliant guest appeared. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 230 He found a brilliant circle of noblemen and gentlemen assembled. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 7 Fontenelle was both brilliant and far-sighted. c. In weakened use: amazing, ‘fantastic’. colloq. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] faireOE bremea1000 goodlyOE goodfulc1275 noblec1300 pricec1300 specialc1325 gentlec1330 fine?c1335 singulara1340 thrivena1350 thriven and throa1350 gaya1375 properc1380 before-passinga1382 daintiful1393 principala1398 gradelya1400 burlyc1400 daintyc1400 thrivingc1400 voundec1400 virtuousc1425 hathelc1440 curiousc1475 singlerc1500 beautiful1502 rare?a1534 gallant1539 eximious1547 jolly1548 egregious?c1550 jellyc1560 goodlike1562 brawc1565 of worth1576 brave?1577 surprising1580 finger-licking1584 admirablea1586 excellinga1586 ambrosial1598 sublimated1603 excellent1604 valiant1604 fabulous1609 pure1609 starryc1610 topgallant1613 lovely1614 soaringa1616 twanging1616 preclarent1623 primea1637 prestantious1638 splendid1644 sterling1647 licking1648 spankinga1666 rattling1690 tearing1693 famous1695 capital1713 yrare1737 pure and —1742 daisy1757 immense1762 elegant1764 super-extra1774 trimming1778 grand1781 gallows1789 budgeree1793 crack1793 dandy1794 first rate1799 smick-smack1802 severe1805 neat1806 swell1810 stamming1814 divine1818 great1818 slap-up1823 slapping1825 high-grade1826 supernacular1828 heavenly1831 jam-up1832 slick1833 rip-roaring1834 boss1836 lummy1838 flash1840 slap1840 tall1840 high-graded1841 awful1843 way up1843 exalting1844 hot1845 ripsnorting1846 clipping1848 stupendous1848 stunning1849 raving1850 shrewd1851 jammy1853 slashing1854 rip-staving1856 ripping1858 screaming1859 up to dick1863 nifty1865 premier cru1866 slap-bang1866 clinking1868 marvellous1868 rorty1868 terrific1871 spiffing1872 all wool and a yard wide1882 gorgeous1883 nailing1883 stellar1883 gaudy1884 fizzing1885 réussi1885 ding-dong1887 jim-dandy1888 extra-special1889 yum-yum1890 out of sight1891 outasight1893 smooth1893 corking1895 large1895 super1895 hot dog1896 to die for1898 yummy1899 deevy1900 peachy1900 hi1901 v.g.1901 v.h.c.1901 divvy1903 doozy1903 game ball1905 goodo1905 bosker1906 crackerjack1910 smashinga1911 jake1914 keen1914 posh1914 bobby-dazzling1915 juicy1916 pie on1916 jakeloo1919 snodger1919 whizz-bang1920 wicked1920 four-star1921 wow1921 Rolls-Royce1922 whizz-bang1922 wizard1922 barry1923 nummy1923 ripe1923 shrieking1926 crazy1927 righteous1930 marvy1932 cool1933 plenty1933 brahmaa1935 smoking1934 solid1935 mellow1936 groovy1937 tough1937 bottler1938 fantastic1938 readyc1938 ridge1938 super-duper1938 extraordinaire1940 rumpty1940 sharp1940 dodger1941 grouse1941 perfecto1941 pipperoo1945 real gone1946 bosting1947 supersonic1947 whizzo1948 neato1951 peachy-keen1951 ridgey-dite1953 ridgy-didge1953 top1953 whizzing1953 badass1955 wild1955 belting1956 magic1956 bitching1957 swinging1958 ridiculous1959 a treat1959 fab1961 bad-assed1962 uptight1962 diggish1963 cracker1964 marv1964 radical1964 bakgat1965 unreal1965 pearly1966 together1968 safe1970 bad1971 brilliant1971 fabby1971 schmick1972 butt-kicking1973 ripper1973 Tiffany1973 bodacious1976 rad1976 kif1978 awesome1979 death1979 killer1979 fly1980 shiok1980 stonking1980 brill1981 dope1981 to die1982 mint1982 epic1983 kicking1983 fabbo1984 mega1985 ill1986 posho1989 pukka1991 lovely jubbly1992 awesomesauce2001 nang2002 bess2006 amazeballs2009 boasty2009 daebak2009 beaut2013 1971 Stud. in Eng. (Univ. Cape Town) Feb. 29 Brilliant is of fairly wide application, e.g., a brilliant board, a brilliant ride, a brilliant pair of baggies. 1983 J. Kelman Not not while Giro 17 Man man who would've thought of me getting paid back money like that. Brilliant. 1984 S. Townsend Growing Pains Adrian Mole 15 I allowed Pandora to visit me in my darkened bedroom. We had a brilliant kissing session. †B. n.² = brillant n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [noun] > brilliancy of wit or language sparkle1611 brillant1676 sparklingnessa1691 brilliant1691 1691 Fop Dict. Suppl. The Brilliant of Language. Sharpness and wittiness of Expression. 1694 W. Congreve Double-dealer ii. i. 15 Some distinguishing Quality, as for example, the Belle-air or Brilliant of Mr. Brisk. Draft additions 1997 Brilliant Pebbles n. a defence strategy conceived as part of the U.S. Strategic Defence Initiative in which incoming enemy missiles are intercepted and destroyed by numerous small heat-seeking missiles; also (usually in lower case), the intercepting missiles themselves. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > [noun] > means of defence > specific defence strategy Star Wars1983 S.D.I.1984 Brilliant Pebbles1988 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > guided or ballistic missile > [noun] > types of loon1947 seeker1949 Honest John1952 Nike1952 heat-seeker1956 anti-ballistic missile1957 Polaris1957 Pershing1958 SAM1958 cruise missile1959 sea-cat1959 minuteman1961 ABM1963 lance1964 Exocet1970 trident1972 MX missile1973 stinger1975 cruise1976 tomahawk1976 silo buster1977 Euromissile1979 Brilliant Pebbles1988 1988 Aviation Week 21 Mar. 15 Lowell Wood, a directed energy advocate, last week suggested an alternative SDI architecture based on small, lightweight and inexpensive kinetic energy interceptors... ‘Shrinking contemporary smart rocks into brilliant pebbles is an exercise in packaging engineering,’ he told a symposium on SDI. 1988 Aviation Week 22 Aug. 15 Edward Teller and Lowell Wood briefed President Reagan in secret in late July and..early August on the Brilliant Pebbles interceptor. Brilliant pebbles are an alternative approach to the SDI's Space-Based Interceptor weapon. 1989 Economist 4 Feb. 44/3 ‘Brilliant pebbles’..would be tiny heat-seeking missiles already lurking in orbit... Their brilliance would derive from single microchips frozen to superconducting temperatures, each with the power of a modern supercomputer. 1992 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Amer. 8 Nov. c4/1 Clinton..intends to scrap the massive space-based defense system known as Brilliant Pebbles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018). ˈbrilliantv. Etymology: < brilliant adj. rare. transitive. To cut as a brilliant. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > making jewellery or setting with jewels > set or stud (something) with gems [verb (transitive)] > to cut as a brilliant brilliant1751 1751 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria Rediviva 777 The Diamonds..to which they have given the Name of Nayffez, or dwarf Points..are naturally brillianted. 1784 H. Walpole Corr. IV. 377 The new Bristol stones..would pass on a more skilful lapidary than I am for having been brillianted by a professed artist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.¹1690adj.n.²1681v.1751
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