About The Word Lambent
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Lambent
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What's The Definition Of Lambent?
[adj] softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Lambent: aglow(p) | bright | glowing | lucent | luminous Related Terms | Find terms related to Lambent: aflicker | barely touching | beaming | bickering | blinking | brilliant | dancing | effulgent | flashing | flickering | flickery | flicky | fluttering | fluttery | incandescent | lucent | luminous | lustrous | playing | playing lightly over | quivering | quivery | radiant | refulgent | stroboscopic | wavering | wavery See Also | Lambent In Webster's Dictionary \Lam"bent\, a. [L. lambens, -enlis, p. pr. of lambere to
lick; akin to lap. See {Lap} to drink by licking.]
1. Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.
``A lambent flame.'' --Dryden. ``A lambent style.''
--Beaconsfield.
2. Twinkling or gleaming; fickering. ``The lambent purity of
the stars.'' --W. Irving.
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