CORUSCATION

coruscation

(noun) a sudden or striking display of brilliance; “coruscations of great wit”

glitter, sparkle, coruscation

(noun) the occurrence of a small flash or spark

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

coruscation (countable and uncountable, plural coruscations)

A sudden display of brilliance; a flashing of light; a sparkle.

Source: Wiktionary


Cor`us*ca"tion (kr`s-k"shn), n. Etym: [L. coruscatio: cf. F. coruscattion.]

1. A sudden flash or play of light. A very vivid but exceeding short-lived splender, not to call coruscation. Boyle.

2. A flash of intellectual brilliancy. He might have illuminated his times with the incessant cor of his genius. I. Taylor.

Syn.

– Flash; glitter; blaze; gleam; sparkle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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