Meanings
comparative more scintillant · superlative most scintillant
- 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 341 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
Cite this entry
scintillant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scintillant
“scintillant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scintillant. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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