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lambent

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lam·bent  (lmbnt)
adj.
1. Flickering lightly over or on a surface: lambent moonlight.
2. Effortlessly light or brilliant: lambent wit.
3. Having a gentle glow; luminous. See Synonyms at bright.
[Latin lambns, lambent-, present participle of lambere, to lick.]
lamben·cy n.
lambent·ly adv.
lambent
Adjective
1. (of a flame or light) flickering softly over a surface
2. (of wit or humour) light or brilliant [Latin lambere to lick]
lambency n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.lambentlambent - softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars"
aglow, lucent, luminous
bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"
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It is there that I, intent on my own investigations, have passed and re-passed a hundred times the worn leonine face, white as the snow beneath him, furrowed with wrinkles like the seams and gashes upon the North Cape; the nervous hand, integrally a part of the mechanism of his flighter; and above all, the wonderful lambent eyes turned to the zenith.
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I found this out later, when I attempted other German authors without the glitter of his wit or the lambent glow of his fancy to light me on my hard way.
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