scintillant
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of scintillant
First recorded in 1600–10, scintillant is from the Latin word scintillant- (stem of scintillāns, present participle of scintillāre to send out sparks; flash). See scintilla, -ant
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For a generation the scintillant acumen of Lord Birkenhead has won him the name of lynx at the bar and lion among the ladies.
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Shortly thereafter came scintillant Cecelia Gertrude Shere, waving dark locks, out of the West in quest of fame.
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Fundamentalist" speech* on evolution, so scintillant and persuasive that parts of it will still bear quoting: "What is the question now placed before society with a glib assurance which to me is most astonishing?
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To cinemaddicts he was a slickly turned-out young man of the world whose scintillant wisecracks regularly wowed Joan Crawford.
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The twin yellow streams, scintillant, intersected, soaking me.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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