BRILLIANCE

magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness

(noun) the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; “for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen’s hotel”; “his ‘Hamlet’ lacks the brilliance that one expects”; “it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor”; “an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art”; “advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products”

glare, blaze, brilliance

(noun) a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; “a glare of sunlight”

brilliance, genius

(noun) unusual mental ability

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

brilliance (usually uncountable, plural brilliances)

The quality of being exceptionally effulgent (giving off light).

The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity.

(chiefly British) Magnificence; resplendence.

Source: Wiktionary


Bril"liance, n.

Definition: Brilliancy. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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