Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of éclat. (brilliance of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown.)
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Brilliancy of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown.
- n. Demonstration of admiration and approbation; applause.
WordNet 3.0
- n. brilliant or conspicuous success or effect
- n. enthusiastic approval
- n. ceremonial elegance and splendor
Etymologies
- Borrowed from French, éclat. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In one sense, to be sure, pigeons and ring-doves could not dance but with 'eclat' -- 'a claw? ”
“As for things I can’t live without …. mac eye shadows and lip gloss .. touche eclat is a must for the ‘ol under eye bags .. and I always keep tea tree oil handy for spots.”
“I had not passed with the "eclat" my tutor prophesied; but, I contrived to get numbered amongst those fortunate six who secured their appointments out of the entire sixty that competed.”
“He set forth with much 'eclat' and a little innocent posturing and ritual, in which a cornet and a violin figured, together with a farewell oration by the Cure.”
“Every one was eager to get a sight of the young hero whose career had commenced with so much 'eclat'.”
“She will expect to meet with all the good-breeding and delicacy that she brings; and as she is past the glare and 'eclat' of youth, may be the more willing to listen to your story, if you tell it well.”
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1751
“eclat' it will give you, when you return here, to be allowed to be the best scholar, for a gentleman, in England; not to mention the real pleasure and solid comfort which such knowledge will give you throughout your whole life.”
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1748
“A synchronized swimmer in her youth, she works hard to stay fit and has paid tribute to her mother for teaching her to present herself with classic French eclat.”
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“Brigish has managed to avoid this trap with the commendable restraint of his presentation, a desire to share his observations without fanfare or eclat.”
“As soon as the bacon was well under way, and Millie, her lymphatic aid, had been brisked up a bit by a few deftly chosen expressions of contempt, she carried the cloth, plates, and glasses into the parlour and began to lay them with the utmost eclat.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘eclat’.
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phrontistery - e
from phrontistery.info
ecclesiarchy, ecclesiastry, ecdemomania, echinuliform, echoism, echolalia, echopraxia, eclaircise, ?claircissement, eclat, ?clat, eclegme and 616 more...
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avfordomd's list
lexicon
copacetic, amiable, philanthropic, misanthropic, gregarious, vehement, parcel, congregate, paucity, passel, multitudinous, pulchritudinous and 98 more...
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briwref's list
defalcation, macerate, beldam, nescience, ochlocracy, bibelot, estivate, spatulated, introversive, mastoidal, belletristic, objurgation and 108 more...
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cicatrix
scar tissue
minatory, naira, Cluniac, embracive, prolix, hierophant, timorous, adduce, veracious, dysphoric, sang-froid, vitiate and 503 more...
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Amber's list
This is a list of my favorite words, words that sound beautiful, or ones that have inspired me. I usually most enjoy words for which I can strongly associate pictures. I hope this list will also ...
clandestine, sumptuous, erogenous, operose, evanescent, panache, sparge, ludicrous, wholehearted, anodyne, eclat, legerdemain and 2 more...
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wickedwitch's list
lll
alit, plinth, eclat, diaphanous, portico, nival, daedal, apse, fossa, pellet, avail, midge and 143 more...
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Infinite Jest
Words taken from Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.
prorector, monograph, post-fourier, snuffle, rototremble, creatus, enfilade, subanimalistic, balletic, espadrilles, leonine, cirri and 1153 more...
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Sunbeam
Zoom'om'om; inspiration, vitality, solemness, and sunrays...
inspiral, activation, envision, myselves, recognition, imagination, repattern, exponential, flashforward, syncronicity, swish, sensation and 177 more...
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learning
A list of words whose meanings I am learning, either because a) I don't know the meaning b) I know the meaning, but could stand to better appreciate certain inflections or secondary meanings or c) ...
louche, educe, loam, cob, sclerotic, palliate, axial, syndicalist, ecumenical, sally, fatuous, parvenu and 1381 more...
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So little time...
i really need to bulk up my vocabulary
coccydynia, maudlin, etiolate, cenotaph, chthonic, orotund, eclat, spendthrift, incendiary, corpulent, parsimonious, bescumber and 91 more...
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Papageno's Words, Pt. I
hobbledehoy, absquatulate, chthonic, prolix, ululate, internecine, verisimilitude, animadversion, concupiscence, vertiginous, cucullate, lucubrate and 1554 more...
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thricedotted's Words
schadenfreude, vanquish, calumny, obsequious, rhapsody, expostulate, promontory, bordello, quintessence, catharsis, recapitulation, myriad and 937 more...
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3251 more...
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vocab
hard word word 4 strong vocab
ostracize, importune, impute, scintillate, mulct, deprecate, procrastinate, rusticate, vegetate, expiate, emulate, gesticulate and 345 more...
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arnon's Words
treatise, enthrall, nimble, hinder, serene, transhumanism, meliorism, denote, apropos, equivalence, valence, orthogonal and 156 more...
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Words I thought I knew, but really di...
acclivity, adduce, adumbrate, animadversion, assonance, atavistic, bagatelle, bromide, buncombe, canard, categorical, cavil and 145 more...
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