scintillant
- adjective
- /ˈsɪntɪlənt/
- Literature
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centelleante
- Look at those scintillant lights!
Examples
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The surface of the lake was scintillant under the midday sun, reflecting thousands of tiny flashes.
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At night, the city skyline appeared scintillant against the dark sky.
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Her dress was embroidered with scintillant beads that caught the stage lights beautifully.
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The scintillant stars lit up the night sky.
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The stars were scintillant in the dark sky, twinkling like tiny diamonds.
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As the fireworks exploded, each one left a scintillant trace in the night air.
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The ocean's surface appeared scintillant under the bright sunlight, sparkling with every wave.
Synonyms
30
2.3
Shining with many small bright points like glitter
11
2.7
Shining with many small, bright points of light
5
1.3
Shining with small bright points like light on snow
2
3.0
Shining with many small bright points like stars
1
8.2
Sparkling with small bright flashes of light
Shines with small bright flashes of light
Shining with small bright points like light on water
Shining with quick, bright flashes like sparks
Shining very brightly with small flashes of light
Shining with many small bright points of light
Shining with small bright flashes of light
How Bright
Surface Forms
Morphology
scintillant = scintillate (transparent) = scintillate + ant
Formed by adding the adjectival suffix '-ant' to the verb 'scintillate' (to sparkle), so the adjective clearly means 'sparkling'.
Etymology
Scintillant comes from the Latin words scintillare and scintilla, which mean 'to sparkle' and 'spark'. So, scintillant describes something that gives small, quick flashes of light — in other words, it 'sparkles'.