coruscate
verb /ˈkɒrəskeɪt/
/ˈkɔːrəskeɪt/
(literary)Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they coruscate | /ˈkɒrəskeɪt/ /ˈkɔːrəskeɪt/ |
he / she / it coruscates | /ˈkɒrəskeɪts/ /ˈkɔːrəskeɪts/ |
past simple coruscated | /ˈkɒrəskeɪtɪd/ /ˈkɔːrəskeɪtɪd/ |
past participle coruscated | /ˈkɒrəskeɪtɪd/ /ˈkɔːrəskeɪtɪd/ |
-ing form coruscating | /ˈkɒrəskeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkɔːrəskeɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (of light) to flash
- [intransitive] (of a person) to be full of life, enthusiasm or humour
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Latin coruscat- ‘glittered’, from the verb coruscare.