CORUSCATIONS

Noun

coruscations

plural of coruscation

Source: Wiktionary


CORUSCATION

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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