Lambent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Flickering lightly over or on a surface: lambent moonlight.
  • adj. Effortlessly light or brilliant: lambent wit.
  • adj. Having a gentle glow; luminous. See Synonyms at bright.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Brushing or flickering gently over a surface.
  • adj. Glowing or luminous, but lacking heat.
  • adj. Exhibiting lightness or brilliance of wit; clever or witty without unkindness.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.
  • adj. Twinkling or gleaming; fickering.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Licking.
  • Hence Running along or over a surface, as if in the act of licking; flowing over or along; lapping or bathing; softly bright; gleaming.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. softly bright or radiant
  • Equivalent
    bright   
    Form
    lambency    lambently   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fickering    shining    flaming   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts