scintillating : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scintillating	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for scintillating
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scintillating adj brilliantly clever; "scintillating wit"; "a play full of scintillating dialogue" marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders" Synonym(s): bubbling, effervescent, frothy, scintillating, sparkly having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term" Synonym(s): aglitter(p), coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scintillate \Scin"til*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scintillated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scintillating}.] [L. scintillare, scintillatum, from scintilla a spark. Cf. {Stencil}.] 1. To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles. As the electrical globe only scintillates when rubbed against its cushion. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To sparkle, as the fixed stars.