lambent
[adjective]
Synonyms: bright, beaming, brilliant, effulgent, incandescent, lucent, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent

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lambent adjective. ['lambǝnt] M17.
[Latin lambent- pres. ppl stem of lambere lick: see -ENT.]
1. Of a flame or light: playing lightly upon a surface without burning it; shining with a soft clear light and without fierce heat. M17.
■ Thackeray The lambent lights of the starry host of heaven.
■ B. T. Bradford A log spurted and flared.., the lambent flames illuminating the shadowed face.
b. Of eyes, the sky, etc.: softly radiant. E18.
■ E. Figes The garden was..lambent with green and gold.
■ M. M. R. Khan Her mellow soulful lambent gaze masks a determined vengeful hating.
c. fig. Of wit, style, etc.: lightly brilliant. L19.
■ J. Morley A humour now and then a little sardonic, but more often genial and lambent.

2. Licking, that licks. Now rare. E18.

■ lambency noun the state or quality of being lambent; an instance or occurrence of this: E19.

■ lambently adverb E19.

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