Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lambent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lambent \Lam"bent\, a. [L. lambens, -enlis, p. pr. of lambere to
lick; akin to lap. See {Lap} to drink by licking.]
1. Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.
``A lambent flame.'' --Dryden. ``A lambent style.''
--Beaconsfield.
2. Twinkling or gleaming; fickering. ``The lambent purity of
the stars.'' --W. Irving.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lambent
adj : softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights";
"glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the
lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars" [syn: {aglow(p)},
{glowing}, {lucent}, {luminous}]
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