brilliance

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And from thy star there passed repeated flashes across the head of the tadpole, till his brilliance was as 'twere severed from him, and he, like drossy silver, a dead shape in the conspicuous heavens.

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  1. noun The state or quality of being brilliant, as:
  2. noun Extreme brightness.
  3. noun Exceptional clarity and agility of intellect or invention.
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  • I thought it was that brilliance which isolated her from the other students. —  Death of a Dentist
  • In this they resemble those directors of football employed by the most clueless football clubs, always asking to be judged in some distant decade, when their brilliance will be unveiled by a tsunami of talent. —  Home | Mail Online
  • Yang Wen-li's presence constituted one half this story, his life, his love and his brilliance is documented through out the first three seasons and, like Kircheis 'sudden death, his shocking exit monumentally shifts the tone and direction of —  Anime Nano!
  • Think of all the examples in entertainment, commerce and culture where individual brilliance is ampersand-enhanced. —  News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio
  • We felt graced by British brilliance, as if Australia was part of the jet-set. —  Peter Martin
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/ˈbrɪlyəns, yənsi/
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