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单词 brilliant
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brilliant

[ bril-yuhnt ]
/ ˈbrɪl yənt /
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adjective

noun

Jewelry. a gem, especially a diamond, having any of several varieties of the brilliant cut.
Printing. a size of type about 3½-point.

Origin of brilliant

1675–85; <French brillant shining, present participle of briller<Italian brillare to glitter (perhaps derivative of an expressive root); see -ant

synonym study for brilliant

1. See bright.

OTHER WORDS FROM brilliant

Words nearby brilliant

briki, brill, Brillat-Savarin, brilliance, brilliancy, brilliant, brilliant cresyl blue, brilliant cut, brilliant green, brilliantine, Brillo
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British Dictionary definitions for brilliant

brilliant
/ (ˈbrɪljənt) /

adjective

noun

Also called: brilliant cut
  1. a popular circular cut for diamonds and other gemstones in the form of two many-faceted pyramids (the top one truncated) joined at their bases
  2. a diamond of this cut
(formerly) a size of a printer's type approximately equal to 4 point

Derived forms of brilliant

brilliantly, adverb

Word Origin for brilliant

C17: from French brillant shining, from briller to shine, from Italian brillare, from brillo beryl
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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