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発音

• IPA: /ˈbɹɪljənt/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈbɹɪ(l)jənt/ (colloquial)
• (Indic) IPA: /ˈbrɪl(lɪ)jᵻnʈ/
• ハイフネーション: bril‧liant

形容詞

brilliant (comparative more brilliant, superlative most brilliant)

1. Shining brightly.

   the brilliant lights along the promenade

2. (of a colour) Both bright and saturated.

   butterflies with brilliant blue wings

3. (of a voice or sound) Having a sharp, clear tone.
4. Of surpassing excellence; magnificent.

   The actor's performance in the play was simply brilliant.

   • 1988, Salman Rushdie, chapter V, in The Satanic Verses, page 268:

     "Thing is," Anahita resumed, and then, faltering, "Mean to say, well, we just think it's great." — "You, she means," Mishal corrected. "We think you're, you know." — "Brilliant," Anahita said and dazzled the bewildered Chamcha with a smile. "Magic. You know. Extreme."

5. Highly intelligent.

   She is a brilliant scientist.

6. (UK, of a person) Great, wonderful.
   • [1]

     He absolutely could have told us to get lost, and didn't. What a brilliant guy!

同意語

• (shining brightly): glittering, shining
• (of a colour: both light and saturated):
• (of a voice or sound: having a sharp, clear tone):
• (surpassing excellence): excellent, distinctive, striking, superb, exceptional, glorious, magnificent, marvellous/marvelous, splendid, wonderful
• (highly intelligent): brainy, ingenious
• See also Thesaurus:intelligent

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名詞

brilliant (countable and uncountable, plural brilliants)

1. A finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond, cut in a particular form with numerous facets so as to maximize light return through the top (called "table") of the stone.
   • 1717, Alexander Pope, The Basset-Table:

     This snuffbox — on the hinge see brilliants shine.

   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 257:

     On the one, a plain massive band which matched the collar; on the other, a serpent; the tail reached nearly to the elbow, and the head rose a little from the wrist; the tongue of a ruby, the eyes of large brilliants.

   • 1891 [September], A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Adventure III.—A Case of Identity.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume II (July to December), number [9], London: […], page 248, column 2:

     "And the ring?" I asked, glancing at a remarkable brilliant which sparkled upon his finger.

2. (uncountable, printing, dated) The size of type between excelsior and diamond, standardized as 4-point.
3. Most hummingbird species of the genus Heliodoxa.
4. A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.

派生語

派生した語

• (small type size): (German) Brillant
• → Malay: berlian
  • Indonesian: berlian

動詞

brilliant (third-person singular simple present brilliants, present participle brillianting, simple past and past participle brillianted)

1. (transitive) To cut (a diamond) with many facets, to make it into a brilliant.
   • 1851, The Western Literary Messenger, page 256:

     In short, the diamond owed more to being brillianted and polished, and well set, than to any intrinsic worth or solidity.

Further reading

• “brilliant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “brilliant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “brilliant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.