lambent
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
lambent
- brush#Verb|Brushing or flickering gently over a surface.
- 1800, William Cowper, The Task, Book VI: "The Winter Walk at Noon", Poems, J. Johnson, page [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ra4DAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA232&dq=lambent+-flame+-flames+-fire+date:1000-1800&lr=&num=20&as_brr=0 232],
- No foe to man / Lurks in the ſerpent now: the mother ſees, / And ſmiles to ſee, her infant's playful hand / Stretch'd forth to dally with the creſted worm, / To ſtroke his azure neck, or to receive / The lambent homage of his arrowy tongue.
- 1977, Stephen R. Donaldson, Lord Foul’s Bane, page 77
- “As they walked together between the houses, Lena’s smooth arm brushed his. His skin felt lambent at the touch.”
- 1800, William Cowper, The Task, Book VI: "The Winter Walk at Noon", Poems, J. Johnson, page [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ra4DAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA232&dq=lambent+-flame+-flames+-fire+date:1000-1800&lr=&num=20&as_brr=0 232],
- Glowing or luminous, but lacking heat.
- The lambent glow of fireflies delighted the children.
- 1839, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Jonathan Birch (translator), Faust: A Tragedy, Black and Armstrong, page 127 ↗,
- The Witch, with much ceremony, fills the basin. As FAUST is about to raise it to his lips, it emits a clear flame.
MEPHISTOPHELES. Quick! quickly down with it!—no breathing time allowed! […] And does a lambent flame prevent thee quaff?
- The Witch, with much ceremony, fills the basin. As FAUST is about to raise it to his lips, it emits a clear flame.
- (figuratively) Exhibiting lightness or brilliance of wit; clever or witty without unkindness.
- Antonyms: biting, cutting
- We appreciated her lambent comments.
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