rutilant

[ root-l-uhnt ]

adjective

1. glowing or glittering with ruddy or golden light.

rutilant

/ ˈruːtɪlənt /

adjective

1. rare.
   of a reddish colour or glow

Word History and Origins

Origin of rutilant¹

1490–1500; < Latin rutilant- (stem of rutilāns, present participle of rutilāre to glow red), equivalent to rutil ( us ) red, reddish + -ant- -ant

Word History and Origins

Origin of rutilant¹

C15: from Latin rutilāns having a red glow, from rutilāre , from rutilus ruddy, red

Example Sentences

Rutilant, rōō′ti-lant, adj. shining: glittering.—v.i.

From Project Gutenberg

She was twinkling at Michael, but he would not catch her eye, and he looked steadily over the brim of her hat toward the raffish and rutilant assemblage beyond.

From Project Gutenberg

Standing against the wall and blinking at the rutilant glare of the room, Goliath the dwarf waited nervously.

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Come, ethel muse, with fluxion tip my pen, For rutilant dignotion would I earn; As rhetor wise depeint me unto men: A thing or two I ghess they'll have to learn Ere they percipience can claim of what I'm up To, in macrology so very sharp as this; Off food oxygian hid them come and sup, Until, from very weariness, they all dehisce.

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But to say no more of these superstitious fopperies, which are many other about this tree, we still dress up both our churches and houses, on Christmas and other festival days, with this cheerful green and rutilant berries.

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