lambent
lambent [ LAM-buh’ nt ] | |
[ adjective ] | |
MEANING : | |
1. flickering lightly over or on a surface 2. giving off a gentle glow 3. effortlessly brilliant | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | |
The lambent light over the surface of the water warned me that a vessel was approaching. | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | |
His lambent instrumentals seem to tap deep into some genetic memory - disquietly nostalgic pieces which draw from hundreds of years of folk, blues, the Old West, Asia and everywhere. |
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