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• corruscate (dated)

語源

From Latin coruscātus, perfect passive participle of coruscō (“to flash, gleam”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

発音

• IPA: /ˈkɒɹəskeɪt/, /ˈkɔːɹəskeɪt/
• enPR: kôrʹə-skāt, kŏrʹə-skāt

動詞

coruscate (third-person singular simple present coruscates, present participle coruscating, simple past and past participle coruscated)

1. (intransitive) To give off light; to reflect in flashes; to sparkle.

   Synonyms: gleam, glimmer, glisten, glitter, radiate, scintillate, sheen, shine, sparkle, twinkle

   • 1983, Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic, published 2022, page 204:

     The He [Death himself] clapped spurs to his steed and it sprang into the air, sparks coruscating from its hooves.

2. (intransitive, figurative) To exhibit brilliant technique or style.
   • 1981, A. D. Hope, “His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell”, in A Book of Answers‎, archived from the original on 16 July 2021:

     For truth and tenderness do more / Than coruscating metaphor.

派生語

関連する語

• coruscation

アナグラム

• accouters, accoutres, cocurates, court case