SCINTILLATE

sparkle, scintillate, coruscate

(verb) be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; “The musical performance sparkled”; “A scintillating conversation”; “his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall”

scintillate

(verb) physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; “the phosphor fluoresced”

twinkle, winkle, scintillate

(verb) emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; “Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?”

sparkle, scintillate, coruscate

(verb) reflect brightly; “Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside”

scintillate

(verb) give off; “the substance scintillated sparks and flashes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

scintillate (third-person singular simple present scintillates, present participle scintillating, simple past and past participle scintillated)

(intransitive) To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow.

(astronomy) Of a star or other celestial body: to vary rapidly in brightness; to twinkle.

(nuclear physics) Especially of a phosphor: to emit a flash of light upon absorbing ionizing radiation.

(transitive, now rare) To throw off like sparks.

Source: Wiktionary

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Scin"til*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scintillated; p. pr. & vb. n. Scintillating.] Etym: [L. scintillare, scintillatum, from scintilla a spark. Cf. Stencil.]

1. To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles. As the electrical globe only scintillates when rubbed against its cushion. Sir W. Scott.

2. To sparkle, as the fixed stars.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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