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re⋅flet

  [ruh-fley]
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–noun
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, esp. of pottery; iridescence.
Origin:
1860–65; < F, earlier reflès < It riflesso reflection; see reflex
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Reflet

Re*flet"\ (re*fl[e^]"), n. [F., reflection. See Reflect.] Luster; special brilliancy of surface; -- used esp. in ceramics to denote the peculiar metallic brilliancy seen in lustered pottery such as majolica; as, silver reflet; gold reflet.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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