scintillant
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- scintillantly adverb
- unscintillant adjective
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
Example Sentences
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She had been in love with the scintillant young Count Eulenberg.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the kitty is a gleaming pearl, the scintillant colony of Hong Kong, which London is due to return to Peking in 1997.
From Time Magazine Archive
To the premi�re of the film, Street Angel, were invited Rome's most scintillant critics, most potent cinema tycoons.
From Time Magazine Archive
Miss Barrymore seemed unusually nervous and selfconscious, but swept the audience off its feet with a blazing scintillant triumph in the trial scene.
From Time Magazine Archive
The twin yellow streams, scintillant, intersected, soaking me.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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