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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Frahm walked freely between those two worlds all night, and made each feel strange and scintillant all over again.
From Los Angeles Times
The twin yellow streams, scintillant, intersected, soaking me.
From Literature
Throughout the comedy she was at her scintillant best.
From Project Gutenberg
And still more she cried when she raised her head and saw Edith's shower of scintillant hair, and the two little Lakes of Como brimming over with limpid tears.
From Project Gutenberg
Stars scintillant, fire-hued, metallic, Topaz fruit of the deep-blue garden: Southward you go, my constellations, And leave me with the white day, alone.
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