coruscating wit

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• coruscating — corˈuscating adjective 1. Flashing 2. Sparkling (esp figurative, of wit) • • • Main Entry: ↑coruscate …   Useful english dictionary

• coruscate —  Not rr . Glittering, dazzling, as in coruscating wit …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

• flash — vb Flash, gleam, glance, glint, sparkle, glitter, glisten, scintillate, coruscate, twinkle mean to shoot forth light (as in rays or sparks). Flash implies a sudden and transient outburst of light or a sudden display of something that brilliantly… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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• coruscation — /kawr euh skay sheuhn, kor /, n. 1. the act of coruscating. 2. a sudden gleam or flash of light. 3. a striking display of brilliance or wit. [1480 90; < LL coruscation (s. of coruscatio). See CORUSCATE, ION] * * * …   Universalium

• coruscation — [kôr΄ə skā′shən, kär΄′ə skā′shən] n. [L coruscatio] 1. a coruscating; sparkling 2. a flash or gleam of light 3. a sudden brilliant display, as of wit …   English World dictionary