coruscation
Americannoun
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the act of coruscating.
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a sudden gleam or flash of light.
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a striking display of brilliance or wit.
noun
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a gleam or flash of light
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a sudden or striking display of brilliance, wit, etc
Etymology
Origin of coruscation
First recorded in 1480–90, coruscation is from the Late Latin word coruscātiōn- (stem of coruscātiō ). See coruscate, -ion
Example Sentences
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Nor is there now any blinding coruscation of genius.
From Time Magazine Archive
A faint coruscation of sparks ran along the network, but the craft kept steadily onward.
From Astounding Stories, May, 1931 by Various
The jewel was supported on a delicate spring which vibrated with each step upon the floor, so that there was a constant coruscation of light around it.
From Stories about Famous Precious Stones by Orpen, Mrs Goddard
We want to keep all our stars with us to make a shining coruscation at the finish.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
The instinctive impulse or spasm of expiring vitality,—like the brilliant gleam or coruscation of the expiring taper, is expended in a series of tremendous death-throes.
From Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby by Scoresby, William
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