coruscant
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of coruscant
First recorded in 1475–85; from Latin coruscant-, stem of coruscāns, present participle of coruscāre “to quiver, flash,” derivative of coruscus “quivering, flashing”; see -ant
Example Sentences
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I arrived just as he was finishing a daily medical ablution and found myself waiting in his studio, gawping at the new self-portrait in all its coruscant color.
From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2016
Terry spelled coruscant and sirocco with no trouble.
From Time Magazine Archive
Visitors beheld a coruscant and cleverly lit display of wine glasses, bowls, plates, bottles, candlesticks, vases; a tableful of heavy molded "architectural" glass for cornices, tiles, columns.
From Time Magazine Archive
The coruscant half-globe catches the sun's rays, seems to blaze with its own light.
From Time Magazine Archive
Again the black roll of silent thunder gloomed on his brow; as once his sister's eyes had been, his now were coruscant.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various
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