lambent

lam·bent

adj \ˈlam-bənt\

Definition of LAMBENT

1

: playing lightly on or over a surface : flickering

2

: softly bright or radiant

3

: marked by lightness or brilliance especially of expression

— lam·bent·ly adverb

Examples of LAMBENT

1. lambent sunlight glinting off the waves
2. a writer known for her lambent wit

Origin of LAMBENT

Latin lambent-, lambens, present participle of lambere to lick — more at lap

First Known Use: 1647

Related to LAMBENT

Synonyms: beaming, bedazzling, brilliant, candescent, clear, dazzling, effulgent, fulgent, glowing, incandescent, bright, lucent, lucid, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, sheeny, shining, shiny, splendid

Antonyms: dim, dull, lackluster, unbright, unbrilliant

Related Words: ablaze, ardent, blazing, burning, combusting, fiery, flaming, red-hot; agleam, aglitter, blinding, coruscant, flaring, flashing, flickering, gemmy, glancing, glaring, gleaming, glimmering, glinting, glistening, glistering, glittering, scintillant, scintillating, shimmering, shimmery, sparkling, sunny, twinkling, winking; burnished, polished, shined; superbright, ultrabright

Near Antonyms: blackened, dark, darkened, darkish, darkling, darksome, dimmed, dusky, gloomy, lightless, murky, obscure, obscured, pitch-black, pitch-dark, somber (or sombre), sunless, tenebrous, unlit; cloudy, shadowlike, shadowy, shady; gray (also grey), leaden, pale, palish

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