Word:
Lambent
Status:
Adjective
Meaning:
(Of light or fire) shining or glowing softly.
Describes something of appealing quality.
Sentences:
1) Lambent sunlight was glinting off the sea waves.
2) As a writer, she is known for her lambent wit.
Origin:
Latin lambent-, lambens, present participle of lambere to lick.
First use:
1647
Synonyms:
beaming, bedazzling, brilliant, clear, dazzling, incandescent, shining, lustrous, gleaming
Antonyms:
dim, dull, lackluster, unbright, unbrilliant
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