brilliant cut

noun Jewelry.

a cut intended to enhance the brilliance of a gem with the least possible sacrifice of weight, characterized by a form resembling two pyramids set base to base, truncated so as to give a broad table and a very small culet, and having from 18 to 104 facets, 58 being typical.

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Nearby words

brillat-savarin, anthelme, brilliance, brilliancy, brilliant, brilliant cresyl blue, brilliant cut, brilliant green, brilliantine, brilliantly, brillo, brim

Origin of brilliant cut

First recorded in 1705–15

Related formsbril·liant-cut, adjective

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