Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of coruscate.
Examples
“You pretty much can't use the adjective "coruscating" in our field without bringing to mind the Lensman, and all that implies for the world.”
“Payne hits the ground running in the deceptively simple, inimitable style of Edgar Allen Poe meets Margaret Thatcher:When did you last come across the words "coruscating" or "magisterial"?”
“The thin cord simply metamorphosed into a kind of coruscating brownness that transcended its lowly origins.”
“What Mr. Calvert would have replied is no matter for this history, since at this precise moment the Rajah came in, "coruscating," as”
“It turned out, however, that Barroso was on belligerent and coruscating form.”
The Guardian: Eurozone crisis: European Union prepares for the 'great leap forward'
“They are picked for their coruscating wit, keen insights, deep knowl.. bah, she's on to me."28th over: England 110-3 Trott 50, Bopara 39 Another match, another fifty for Jonathan Trott.”
“In the wake of the terrible loss depicted in the film, the loss of a child, Malick offers coruscating images to remind us of this indifference.”
The Huffington Post: Rabbi David Wolpe: The Religious Meaning Of Malick's 'Tree of Life'
“Squeezing every ounce of emotion from the score, Nott placed the disputed Andante after rather than before the coruscating Scherzo, making its tragic, major-key simplicity all the more affecting.”
The Guardian: CBSO, Stephen Hough/Nelsons; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra/Nott – review
“What Born to Die isn't is the thing Lana Del Rey seems to think it is, which is a coruscating journey into the dark heart of a troubled soul.”
“As he said the last two words, a coruscating ring of silver light pulsed outward, rolling through her.”
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Steampunk
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wakcy's Words
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patrimony, cacophony, fearsome, coruscating, coruscating, coruscating, dolomite, dolorous, transdermal, chatty cathy, chatterbox, incessantly and 249 more...
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Adjectival Arcana
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GRE
abase, abjure, abnegate, abrogate, abscond, acidulous, acrimonious, admonish, adumbrate, adventitious, ambagious, anathema and 344 more...
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rbwager Main Entry:cor·us·cate
Pronunciation:\?ko?r-?-?sk?t, ?kär-\
Function:intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s):cor·us·cat·ed; cor·us·cat·ing
Etymology:Latin coruscatus, past participle of coruscare to flash
Date:1705
1 : to give off or reflect light in bright beams or flashes : sparkle
2 : to be brilliant or showy in technique or style Jul 20, 2009
AnandaP to emit vivid flashes of light; sparkle; scintillate; gleam Jun 8, 2009
lumbert40 Used by Herman Wouk in Marjorie Morningstar. "..shebegan to picture the adult camp as a coruscating evil wonderland bathed in a reddish glow." Webster's - to move quickly, glitter,to give off flashes of light; to sparkle, to glitter Apr 2, 2009
mollusque On thin ice. Dec 1, 2007
kingrat47 Another word that, to me at least, communicates something of its meaning through its sound-I always picture the light playing along the word as the syllables roll out. Dec 10, 2006