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scintillating

[sin-tl-ey-ting] Origin

scin·til·lat·ing

[sin-tl-ey-ting]
adjective
1.
animated; vivacious; effervescent: a scintillating personality.
2.
witty; brilliantly clever: a scintillating conversationalist; a play full of scintillating dialogue.

Origin:
1880–85; scintillate + -ing1

scin·til·lat·ing·ly, adverb
un·scin·til·lat·ing, adjective

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scin·til·late

[sin-tl-eyt] verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
verb (used without object)
1.
to emit sparks.
2.
to sparkle; flash: a mind that scintillates with brilliance.
3.
to twinkle, as the stars.
4.
Electronics. (of a spot of light or image on a radar display) to shift rapidly around a mean position.
5.
Physics.
a.
(of the amplitude, phase, or polarization of an electromagnetic wave) to fluctuate in a random manner.
b.
(of an energetic photon or particle) to produce a flash of light in a phosphor by striking it.
verb (used with object)
6.
to emit as sparks; flash forth.

Origin:
1615–25; < Latin scintillātus (past participle of scintillāre to send out sparks, flash). See scintilla, -ate1
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scintillating (ˈsɪntɪˌleɪtɪŋ)
 
adj
1.  sparkling; twinkling
2.  animated or brilliant
 
'scintillatingly
 
adv

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scintillate
1623, from L. scintillatus, pp. of scintillare "to sparkle," from scintilla "spark" (see scintilla).
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