lambent
softly bright or radiant: a lambent light.
running or moving lightly over a surface: lambent tongues of flame.
dealing lightly and gracefully with a subject; brilliantly playful: lambent wit.
Origin of lambent
1Other words from lambent
- lam·bent·ly, adverb
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How to use lambent in a sentence
Instead of the fierce light beating about a throne, it played lambently upon a sty.
Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I | John MorleyThere dark eyes flash lambently, telling the traveller he need not fear, since love may be had for the asking.
Mrs. Craddock | W. Somerset Maugham
British Dictionary definitions for lambent
/ (ˈlæmbənt) /
(esp of a flame) flickering softly over a surface
glowing with soft radiance
(of wit or humour) light or brilliant
Origin of lambent
1Derived forms of lambent
- lambency, noun
- lambently, adverb
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