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rutilant

[ root-l-uhnt ]
/ ˈrut l ənt /
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adjective
glowing or glittering with ruddy or golden light.
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Origin of rutilant

1490–1500; <Latin rutilant- (stem of rutilāns, present participle of rutilāre to glow red), equivalent to rutil(us) red, reddish + -ant--ant
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How to use rutilant in a sentence

  • Standing against the wall and blinking at the rutilant glare of the room, Goliath the dwarf waited nervously.

  • From the pit below came a rutilant groaning and sharp exclamations of pain and ecstasy.

    Painted Veils|James Huneker

British Dictionary definitions for rutilant

rutilant
/ (ˈruːtɪlənt) /

adjective
rare of a reddish colour or glow

Word Origin for rutilant

C15: from Latin rutilāns having a red glow, from rutilāre, from rutilus ruddy, red
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