scintillant

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/ˈsɪntɪlənt/

adjective

That scintillates.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectivescintillant (comparative more scintillant, superlative most scintillant)

comparative more scintillant · superlative most scintillant

  1. That scintillates.

    It had suddenly began to snow, though the sky was pure platinum, and the slow scintillant downcome got reflected in the silent looking glass.

    1957 March 7, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 2.2, in Pnin, Heinemann, page 34
    1 more example

    The father said with patience, "I will bestow on you my fine white horse, my Expansible Egg for your shelter, my Scintillant Dagger to illuminate the night […]

    1950, Jack Vance, Dying Earth

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving brief brilliant points or flashes of light

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian искрящ
  • искрящ (iskrjašt)that scintillates
French scintillant
  • scintillantthat scintillates
Polish błyszczący
  • błyszczącythat scintillates
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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