lambent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lambent	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lambent adj softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars" Synonym(s): aglow(p), lambent, lucent, luminous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lambent \Lam"bent\, a. [L. lambens, -enlis, p. pr. of lambere to lick; akin to lap. See {Lap} to drink by licking.] 1. Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over. [bd]A lambent flame.[b8] --Dryden. [bd]A lambent style.[b8] --Beaconsfield. 2. Twinkling or gleaming; fickering. [bd]The lambent purity of the stars.[b8] --W. Irving.