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coruscation
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Word definitions for coruscation in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Coruscation \Cor`us*ca"tion\ (k?r`?s-k?"sh?n), n. [L. coruscatio: cf. F. coruscattion.] A sudden flash or play of light. A very vivid but exceeding short-lived splender, not to call ?t a little coruscation. --Boyle. A flash of intellectual brilliancy. He ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the occurrence of a small flash or spark [syn: glitter , sparkle ] a sudden or striking display of brilliance; "corruscations of great wit"
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., from Latin coruscationem (nominative coruscatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of coruscare "to vibrate, glitter" (see coruscate ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A sudden display of brilliance; a flashing of light, a sparkle.
Usage examples of coruscation.
The coruscation where Ethrian had fallen was losing its color, turning milky, threatening to go watery.
Killa said, as the vid angled up and a coruscation of what appeared to be liquid was reflected back.
Killa remembered that both she and Lars had spent long moments admiring the brilliant, shifting coruscation in the caves.
Killa said, as the vid angled up and a coruscation of what appeared to be liquid was reflected back.
Killa remembered that both she and Lars had spent long moments admiring the brilliant, shifting coruscation in the caves.
Power exploded from the rod, circular coruscations following a solid scarlet column of energy that lanced forward, toward the vampire's head.
It whirled down my extended right arm, a serpent of blue-white lightning, hesitated for a second, and then lashed across the space between me and the tip of Lloyd Slate's sword, fastening onto the blade, and bathing Slate in a writhing coruscation of azure sparks.
The whirling ball of fire was not dimmed, but its coruscations, instead of pouring down through the cylinder, swirled and eddied and shot back as though trying to re-enter their source.
Instantly the sparkling ball expanded, whirling with prodigious rapidity and sending a cascade of coruscations into the cylinder.
Nothing moved on the surface but faint coruscations of starlight, caught like fireflies in a spider's web.
It was just past clavvii, and the rising sun painted the black trees with coruscations of red and gold, striking white glare from the icy sweep of snow below.
Instantly the sparkling ball expanded, whirlingwith prodigious rapidity and sending a cascade of coruscations into the cylinder.
The edge of the sword twinkled with small coruscations, and the blade itself seemed luminous.
The node showed new coruscations of red, vibrating to such vivid fervor that Cugel was reluctant to pin it again to his cap.
Little clouds of coruscations danced gaily like fireflies about and through it.