Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coruscation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coruscation \Cor`us*ca"tion\ (k?r`?s-k?"sh?n), n. [L.
coruscatio: cf. F. coruscattion.]
1. A sudden flash or play of light.
A very vivid but exceeding short-lived splender, not
to call ?t a little coruscation. --Boyle.
2. A flash of intellectual brilliancy.
He might have illuminated his times with the
incessant cor??cations of his genius. --I. Taylor.
Syn: Flash; glitter; blaze; gleam; sparkle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
coruscation
n : the occurrence of a small flash or spark [syn: {glitter}, {sparkle}]
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