Lambency

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The property of being lambent, brightness. countable, uncountable

    "[B]ecause of the centuries he has spent dormant in the tumulus, there is a foundedness as well as a lambency about him."

  2. 2
    an appearance of reflected light wordnet

Example

More examples

"[B]ecause of the centuries he has spent dormant in the tumulus, there is a foundedness as well as a lambency about him."

Etymology

From lambent + -ency.

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