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coruscant

[ kuh-ruhs-kuhnt, kawr-uhs-, kor- ]

adjective

  1. sparkling or gleaming; scintillating; coruscating.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of coruscant1

First recorded in 1475–85; from Latin coruscant-, stem of coruscāns, present participle of coruscāre “to quiver, flash,” derivative of coruscus “quivering, flashing”; -ant

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Example Sentences

Between his thumb and forefinger glittered something exquisitely coruscant in the sunlight.

He heard his pistol explode once more, and again visioned a reeling firmament fugitively coruscant with strange constellations.

The organ seemed to emit rays coruscant as the glance of the serpent.

From the splendid jewels that adorned the fingers twisting together in her lap, the firelight struck coruscant gleams.

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