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coruscation|kɒrəˈskeɪʃən|
Also (erron.) 5 chor-, 7–9 corr-.
[ad. L. coruscātiōn-em, n. of action f. coruscāre to coruscate.]
The action of coruscating; usually with a and pl.: A vibratory or quivering flash of light, or a display of such flashes; in early use always of atmospheric phenomena.
1490Caxton Eneydos xiv. 53, I shall girde alle the heuens wyth thondres, lyghtnynges, choruscacyons. 1563Fulke Meteors (1640) 26 b, Coruscation is a glistering of fire..and a glimmering of lightning. 1671J. Webster Metallogr. viii. 126 Coruscations, or scintillations seen in the night. 1791E. Darwin Bot. Gard. i. Notes 3 The coruscations of the Aurora borealis. 1829I. Taylor Enthus. iv (1867) 81 What so grotesque as the coruscations of frost? 1878Markham Gt. Frozen Sea xv. 206 As a rule the auroras consisted of faint coruscations darting across the heavens.
fig.a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. i. 19 Those pure coruscations of immortal..truth will shine into us. 1810Gouv. Morris in Sparks Life & Writ. (1832) III. 252 The mere coruscation of heated fancy. 1880Todhunter Shelley vii. 199 Coruscations of epigrammatic wit. |