rutilance

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noun

redness; a red glow; the quality of being rutilant

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Meanings

nounrutilance (usually uncountable, plural rutilances)

plural rutilances

  1. rareuncountableusuallyredness; a red glow; the quality of being rutilant

    1918-22, James Joyce, Ulysses […] rolled it into a thin cylinder, ignited it in the candleflame, applied it when ignited to the apex of the cone till the latter reached the stage of rutilance […]

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    He used vegetal colorings for his works, thus, obtaining the rutilances of Van Dyck and that of Van Der Goss.

    1945, Melitón Salazar Monroy, Santa Monica, museum of religious art in Puebla

Origin

French?

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Anagrams

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APA

rutilance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rutilance

MLA

“rutilance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rutilance. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rutilance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rutilance.

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