coruscate

[kawr-uh-skeyt, kor-]

verb (used without object)

coruscated, coruscating 

1. to emit vivid flashes of light; sparkle; scintillate; gleam.

   Here was a sapphire, perfectly spherical and over four inches in diameter, that coruscated with a dazzling blue fire.

2. to show spectacular technique or mastery.

   His writing coruscates with brilliant poetic flourishes.

   The lead player’s coruscating guitar work is a signature feature of many tracks on the album.

coruscate

/ ˈkɒrəˌskeɪt /

verb

1. (intr) to emit flashes of light; sparkle

Other Word Forms

• coruscating adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of coruscate¹

First recorded in 1695–1705; from Latin coruscātus, past participle of coruscāre “to quiver, flash”; coruscant

Word History and Origins

Origin of coruscate¹

C18: from Latin coruscāre to flash, vibrate

Example Sentences

Although she says she will support the PM from the backbenches, her letter of resignation delivered a coruscating critique.

From BBC

He got 14 goals during a coruscating loan spell at Sunderland the season before.

From BBC

It is certainly possible that Scottish government communications are far less colourful and coruscating than some of those that have emerged from the UK government.

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Snow geese and coruscating tulips draw me to the sloughs and wetlands where the serpentine Skagit River flows into the Salish Sea.

From Seattle Times

However, Scotland survive a late onslaught and streaked away with the clock in the red, Kinghorn bursting over after a coruscating break to complete his hat trick.

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