rutilant
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of rutilant
1490–1500; < Latin rutilant- (stem of rutilāns, present participle of rutilāre to glow red), equivalent to rutil ( us ) red, reddish + -ant- -ant
Example Sentences
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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 Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton
Standing against the wall and blinking at the rutilant glare of the room, Goliath the dwarf waited nervously.
From Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath by Smith, Wallace
"Talk of the sun and you'll see its beams," cried Fourchon, repeating a well-worn allusion to the rutilant face of Vermichel, which really did resemble those copper suns painted on tavern signs in the provinces.
From Sons of the Soil by Balzac, Honoré de
Like an asp, One lithe lock wriggles in his rutilant grasp.
From The Heptalogia by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
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