Meanings
comparative more coruscant · superlative most coruscant
- Emitting flashes of light; glittering.
It had not the unbearable glory of the skies of the Central Worlds, where star elbowed star in such blinding competition that the black of night was nearly lost in a coruscant explosion of light.
1950, Isaac Asimov, Pebble in the Sky, Tor, page 71
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving brief brilliant points or flashes of light
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincoruscāns“glittering”
- Englishcoruscant
From Latin coruscāns (“glittering”), present participle of coruscō.
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