radiancy

[ rey-dee-uhn-see ]

/ ˈreɪ di ən si /

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noun, plural ra·di·an·cies.

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Origin of radiancy

First recorded in 1640–50; radi(ant) + -ancy

OTHER WORDS FROM radiancy

non·ra·di·an·cy, nounsub·ra·di·an·cy, noun

Words nearby radiancy

radial tyre, radial vein, radial velocity, radian, radiance, radiancy, radiant, radiant efficiency, radiant emittance, radiant energy, radiant exitance

How to use radiancy in a sentence

What radiancy spread over the Queen's side of the House we need not say.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. VII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
It still, however, lingers to a limited extent in Art, and it will always be the many-coloured radiancy which colours Poetry.
Archaic England|Harold Bayley
Yet best of all was the summer term, that glorious azure summer term of fourteen and a half, which fled by in a radiancy.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie
Glittering in radiancy, she held out in her hand a lump of gold.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Its minarets stand up against a clear and cloudless sky, its radiancy shines from afar off.
My War Experiences in Two Continents|Sarah Macnaughtan