relucent
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- adjective Throwing back light; shining; luminous; glittering; bright; eminent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adjective Reflecting light; shining; glittering; glistening; bright; luminous; splendid.
Examples
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And instant by instant the flood of varicolored flame that poured into its petalings down from the sapphire ovoids waxed and waned in crescendoes and diminuendoes of relucent harmonies — ecstatic, awesome.
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Now he was resplendent in what the invitation cards call "Morning Dress" crowned by what must certainly have been the most relucent top-hat in London.
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Two ponderous policemen were conducting between them a woman dressed as if for the stage, in a short, white, satiny skirt reaching to the knees, pink stockings, and a sort of sleeveless bodice bright with relucent, armour-like scales.
Note
The word 'relucent' comes from a Latin root meaning 'to shine'.
