Scintillating

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scintillate \Scin"til*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scintillated};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Scintillating}.] [L. scintillare,
     scintillatum, from scintilla a spark. Cf. {Stencil}.]
     1. To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles.
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              As the electrical globe only scintillates when
              rubbed against its cushion.           --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. To sparkle, as the fixed stars.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scintillating
       adj 1: brilliantly clever; "scintillating wit"; "a play full of
              scintillating dialogue"
       2: marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile
          effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality";
          "sparkling conversation"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders"
          [syn: {bubbling}, {effervescent}, {sparkling}, {sparkly}]
       3: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle
          beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";
          "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop
          window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery
          costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating
          stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is
          an archaic term" [syn: {aglitter(p)}, {coruscant}, {fulgid},
           {glinting}, {glistering}, {glittering}, {glittery}, {scintillant},
           {sparkling(a)}, {sparkly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  119 Moby Thesaurus words for "scintillating":
     Attic, ablaze, adroit, afire, aflame, aflicker, aglow, alight, apt,
     ardent, biting, blazing, blinking, blinky, brainy, bright,
     brilliant, burning, candent, candescent, clever, comburent,
     conflagrant, coruscant, coruscating, dazzling, dexterous, droll,
     dynamic, effervescent, effulgent, engaging, entrancing, exciting,
     facetious, fascinating, flagrant, flaming, flaring, flashing,
     flickering, fuming, funny, gifted, gleaming, glimmering,
     glimmerous, glimmery, glistening, glistering, glittering, glittery,
     glowing, good, guttering, humorous, humorsome, ignescent, ignited,
     in a blaze, in a glow, in flames, incandescent, inflamed,
     invigorating, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joky, joshing,
     keen, keen-witted, kindled, live, lively, living, lustrous,
     mordant, nimble, nimble-witted, no dumbbell, not born yesterday,
     on fire, pointed, pungent, quick, quick-thinking, quick-witted,
     radiant, rapier-like, reeking, salt, salty, scintillant,
     scintillescent, sharp, sharp-witted, shimmering, shimmery, shining,
     smart, smoking, smoldering, spangly, sparking, sparkling,
     sprightly, steel-trap, stimulating, talented, tinselly, twinkling,
     twinkly, unextinguished, unquenched, vivacious, whimsical, witty