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brilliant cut

noun

, Jewelry.
  1. 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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Other Words From

  • brilliant-cut adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of brilliant cut1

First recorded in 1705–15
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Example Sentences

The physical Hookie is an etched glass paperweight in the shape of a brilliant-cut diamond.

Like the rose cut, the cabochon cut does not give much brilliancy as compared to the brilliant cut.

The brilliant cut, as its name implies, gives the most complete return of light of any of the forms of cutting.

What is called the brilliant cut best brings out the beauty of the stone.

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