lambent
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bənt adjective
1.
running or moving lightly over a surface: lambent tongues of flame.
2.
dealing lightly and gracefully with a subject; brilliantly playful: lambent wit.
3.
softly bright or radiant: a lambent light.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | (esp of a flame) flickering softly over a surface |
| 2. | glowing with soft radiance |
| 3. | (of wit or humour) light or brilliant |
| [C17: from the present participle of Latin lambere to lick] | |
| 'lambency | |
| —n | |
| 'lambently | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
lambent
1647, from fig. use of L. lambentem (nom. lambens), prp. of lambere "to lick," from PIE base *lab- (cf. Gk. laptein "to sip, lick," O.E. lapian "to lick, lap up, suck").
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He told it with a characteristic blending of quaint pathos and of lambent humor.
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