radiancy

American  

[ray-dee-uhn-see] / ˈreɪ di ən si /

noun

• radiancies
  plural

1. radiance.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• nonradiancy
  noun
• subradiancy
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• radiancies
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of radiancy

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

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Example Sentences

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radiancy radiancies

All nature and all humanity were bathed in a rosy glowing radiancy; and life for the future seemed naught but buoyancy and light.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2010

No radiancy of joy is in it, no assurance of bliss.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Now the latter stood in the radiancy of Lord Victor's lantern, saying: "Baboo Lall Mohun Dass has been awed by a large tiger, but we have beat the cat off."

From The Three Sapphires by W. A. Fraser

The clouds are all beneath her, and above The light of life, the radiancy of love.

From A Christmas Faggot by Alfred Gurney

But the radiancy of the Girl's face defied his cynicism utterly.

From The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

For it is a night of pearl-like radiancies and velvet shadows and delicate odors and big friendly stars that promise not to gossip, whatever happens.

From The Certain Hour by James Branch Cabell

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