coruscationn.

/kɒrəˈskeɪʃən/

Forms: Also Middle English chor-, 1600s–1800s corr-.

Etymology: < Latin coruscātiōn-em, noun of action < coruscāre coruscate v.

The action of coruscating; usually with a and plural: A vibratory or quivering flash of light, or a display of such flashes; in early use always of atmospheric phenomena.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > luminous appearance > [noun]

coruscation1490

glade1558

skylight1574

meteor1597

phasm1656

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xiv. 53 I shall girde alle the heuens wyth thondres, lyghtnynges, choruscacyons.

1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iii. f. 26^v Coruscation is a glistering of fyre..and a glymmerynge of lyghtning.

1671 J. Webster Metallographia viii. 126 Coruscations, or scintillations seen in the night.

1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. Notes 3 The coruscations of the aurora borealis.

1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm (1867) iv. 81 What so grotesque as the coruscations of frost?

1878 A. H. Markham Great Frozen Sea xv. 206 As a rule the auroras consisted of faint coruscations darting across the heavens.

figurative.a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) i. ii. 14 Those pure Coruscations of Immortal..Truth will shine out into us.1810 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) III. 252 The mere coruscation of heated fancy.1880 Todhunter Shelley vii. 199 Coruscations of epigrammatic wit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	coruscation
释义	coruscationn. /kɒrəˈskeɪʃən/ Forms: Also Middle English chor-, 1600s–1800s corr-. Etymology: < Latin coruscātiōn-em, noun of action < coruscāre coruscate v. The action of coruscating; usually with a and plural: A vibratory or quivering flash of light, or a display of such flashes; in early use always of atmospheric phenomena. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > luminous appearance > [noun] coruscation1490 glade1558 skylight1574 meteor1597 phasm1656 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xiv. 53 I shall girde alle the heuens wyth thondres, lyghtnynges, choruscacyons. 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iii. f. 26^v Coruscation is a glistering of fyre..and a glymmerynge of lyghtning. 1671 J. Webster Metallographia viii. 126 Coruscations, or scintillations seen in the night. 1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. Notes 3 The coruscations of the aurora borealis. 1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm (1867) iv. 81 What so grotesque as the coruscations of frost? 1878 A. H. Markham Great Frozen Sea xv. 206 As a rule the auroras consisted of faint coruscations darting across the heavens. figurative.a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) i. ii. 14 Those pure Coruscations of Immortal..Truth will shine out into us.1810 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) III. 252 The mere coruscation of heated fancy.1880 Todhunter Shelley vii. 199 Coruscations of epigrammatic wit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1490
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