radiancy

[ rey-dee-uhn-see ]

noun

, plural ra·di·an·cies.

1. radiance.

Other Words From

• non·radi·an·cy noun
• sub·radi·an·cy noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of radiancy¹

First recorded in 1640–50; radi(ant) + -ancy

Example Sentences

What radiancy spread over the Queen's side of the House we need not say.

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It still, however, lingers to a limited extent in Art, and it will always be the many-coloured radiancy which colours Poetry.

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Yet best of all was the summer term, that glorious azure summer term of fourteen and a half, which fled by in a radiancy.

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Glittering in radiancy, she held out in her hand a lump of gold.

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Its minarets stand up against a clear and cloudless sky, its radiancy shines from afar off.

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