lambency

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noun

The property of being lambent, brightness.

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lambiencegleamgleamingglow
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Meanings

nounlambency (countable and uncountable, plural lambencies)

plural lambencies

  1. countableuncountableThe property of being lambent, brightness.

    [B]ecause of the centuries he has spent dormant in the tumulus, there is a foundedness as well as a lambency about him.

    1999, Seamus Heaney, “Introduction”, in Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page xix

    Synonyms: lambience

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe property of being lambent, brightness.

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lambience

More synonyms by meaning

nounan appearance of reflected light

Similar
gleamgleamingglow
Broader
radianceradiancyshine
Also see
gleamgleamingglow

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From lambent + -ency.

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APA

lambency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lambency

MLA

“lambency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lambency. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lambency,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lambency.

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