scintillant

[ sin-tl-uhnt ]

adjective

1. scintillating; scintillating; sparkling.

Other Words From

• scintil·lant·ly adverb
• un·scintil·lant adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of scintillant¹

First recorded in 1600–10, scintillant is from the Latin word scintillant- (stem of scintillāns, present participle of scintillāre to send out sparks; flash). See scintilla, -ant

Example Sentences

Frahm walked freely between those two worlds all night, and made each feel strange and scintillant all over again.

From Los Angeles Times

The twin yellow streams, scintillant, intersected, soaking me.

From Literature

Throughout the comedy she was at her scintillant best.

From Project Gutenberg

And still more she cried when she raised her head and saw Edith's shower of scintillant hair, and the two little Lakes of Como brimming over with limpid tears.

From Project Gutenberg

Stars scintillant, fire-hued, metallic, Topaz fruit of the deep-blue garden: Southward you go, my constellations, And leave me with the white day, alone.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• animated
• bright
• brilliant
• dazzling
• glistening
• glittering
• lively
• scintillating
• shimmering
• shining
• spirited
• starry