coruscant

adjective

co·​rus·​cant kə-ˈrə-skənt 

chiefly literary

: shining, brilliant

"Such," says the Clerk of the Council-chamber door "was the blaze of burning darts, the gleams of stars coruscant, the streams and hail of fiery sparks …"

—Walter Scott

… found myself waiting in his studio, gawping at the new self-portrait in all its coruscant color.

—Wil S. Hylton

Examples of coruscant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Raymond Saunders, whose coruscant mixed-media assemblages drew from a variety of movements but stood apart from all of them with their burning sociopolitical undertones, died of pneumonia on July 19 in Oakland, California. —News Desk, Artforum, 30 July 2025

There's also an exclusive color, Matira Blue, named for the coruscant turquoise waters of Bora Bora's Matira Beach. —Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 21 June 2022

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above