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coruscating

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cor·us·cate  (kôr-skt, kr-)
intr.v. cor·us·cat·ed, cor·us·cat·ing, cor·us·cates
1. To give forth flashes of light; sparkle and glitter: diamonds coruscating in the candlelight.
2. To exhibit sparkling virtuosity: a flutist whose music coruscated throughout the concert hall.
[Latin coruscre, corusct-, to flash.]
corus·cation n.
Translations
coruscating [ˈkɒrəskeɪtɪŋ] ADJ [humour] → chispeante
coruscating [ˈkɒrəskeɪtɪŋ] adj [wit] → brillant(e)
coruscating
adj → brilliant, geistsprühend
coruscating [ˌkɒrəˈskeɪtɪŋ] adj (frm) → scintillante
coruscating [ˌkɒrəˈskeɪtɪŋ] adj (frm) → scintillante


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John said these words as he pronounced his sermons, with a quiet, deep voice; with an unflushed cheek, and a coruscating radiance of glance.
Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte View in context
And by this time it is to be supposed there was a blush on Polly's cheek, a tender smile about her mouth and a liquid softness in her glance; while the star kept coruscating on Feathertop's breast, and the little demons careered with more frantic merriment than ever about the circumference of his pipe bowl.
Mosses From An Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
On the antique sideboard, their size doubled by reflection in the polished mahogany, lay a coruscating cluster of precious stones, that fell in festoons about Lord Ernest's fingers as he handed them to Raffles with scarcely a shrug.
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