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Coruscate

//ˈkɒɹəskeɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To give off light; to reflect in flashes; to sparkle. intransitive
  2. 2
    be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity wordnet
  3. 3
    To exhibit brilliant technique or style. figuratively, intransitive

    "For truth and tenderness do more / Than coruscating metaphor."

  4. 4
    reflect brightly wordnet

Etymology

From Latin coruscātus, perfect passive participle of coruscō (“to flash, gleam”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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