† emicationn.
Obsolete. rare.
1. ‘Sparkling: flying off in small particles, as sprightly liquors’ (Johnson).
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > spark or glittering light > sparkling or glittering
glistening1398
sprankling1398
twinkling1398
sprinklinga1400
sparklingc1440
glisteringc1450
glister1535
glittering1567
spangling1576
scintillation1585
sparkle1589
glitter1602
sparking1611
coruscancy1630
emication1646
eruscationa1652
sparklingnessa1691
glitterance1801
glisten1840
spangle1853
sparkliness-
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. v. 90 Iron in Aqua fortis will fall into ebullition, with noise and emication . View more context for this quotation
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict. ; and in mod. Dicts.
2. The action of shining forth. In quot. figurative.
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the world > matter > light > [noun] > shining or being luminous
shininga1300
lighteninga1382
lucencec1485
overshining1587
emication1633
luminosity1634
outshining1648
luminousness1668
fulsion1680
affulsion1730
raying1787
lumination1794
nebulosity1813
lustrousness1839
luminance1880
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 19) 355 Christ hath..diverse names of light given him, according to the different degrees of his emication.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Emication, a shining or appearing aloft.
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
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