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单词 scintillant
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scintillantadj.adv.n.

Brit. /ˈsɪntᵻlənt/, /ˈsɪntᵻln̩t/, U.S. /ˈsɪn(t)ələnt/
Forms: 1600s scintillent, 1600s– scintillant, 1700s scintilant.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin scintillant-, scintillāns, scintillāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin scintillant-, scintillāns, present participle of scintillāre scintillate v. Compare Middle French, French scintillant sparkling (c1560; 18th cent. in figurative use of thought, style, etc.). Compare earlier scintillation n. and later scintillate v.With the form scintillent compare -ent suffix.
A. adj. (and adv.)
1. Heraldry. As postmodifier. Emitting sparks.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > other heraldic representations > [adjective] > other miscellaneous attributes
corded1486
labelled1570
sousant1595
flamant1607
flotant1610
imbrued1610
inflamed1610
scintillant1610
flambanta1661
perflant1678
fumant1828
picoté?1828
tetragonalc1828
varvelledc1828
cloué1869
indexed1885
fumid1889
staffed1891
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. iv. 95 He beareth seuen Firebrands Flammant, and Scintillant, Proper.
1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) viii. 119 Scintillant, emitting sparks.
1900 Reliquary Apr. 124 There is something like an attenuated saltire ragule, in its quarters badges of the Golden Fleece, i.e., those which composed the collar, the steel and the flint scintillant.
2006 B. A. McAndrew Scotland's Hist. Heraldry Glossary p. xxii Scintillant, sparkling, or emitting sparks.
2. That emits sparks; twinkling, sparkling; = scintillating adj. 1a. Also as adv.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > glittering or sparkling
sparkling?c1225
glising1340
glimmeringa1375
glistening1388
glistering1398
glitteringa1400
coruscantc1485
twinkling1508
flankering1577
fire-darting1594
glitterous1596
scintillant1611
winkinga1616
micant1657
scintillating1664
spangling1665
besparklinga1674
skinkling1790
spunky1791
micacious1797
glistery1806
spark-like1814
spangly1818
emicatious1819
sparky1827
aglitter1828
ablaze1851
aglist1858
scintillescent1860
aglisten1867
glittery1880
twinkly1884
sparkly1922
the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adverb] > in a sparkling manner
scintillously1509
twinklingly1561
glisteringly1587
glisteningly1611
glitteringly1611
sparklingly1669
scintillant1737
a-sparkle1840
spark-like1845
scintillatingly1875
aglisten1883
scintillantly1887
aglitter1913
1611 T. Coryate Crambe sig. Av That you would..cherish and maintaine the scintillant embers of my diminutiue Lampe by infusing into them the quickning Oyle of your Gracious indulgence.
1664 M. Mackaile Moffet-well 46 Why the eyes of a Cat, and the flesh of many fishes, ar luminous in the dark, seing the most scintillent Diamond is defficient in this?
1737 M. Green Spleen 219 Who can view the pointed rays, That from black eyes scintillant blaze?
1789 R. Kerr tr. A. Lavoisier Elements Chem. 497 Red scintilant zeolite from Edelfors.
1864 G. M. Musgrave Ten Days in French Parsonage II. ii. 53 Cloth of gold,..silk, and other scintillant adornments.
1890 W. C. Russell My Shipmate Louise III. xli. 289 By this time the island had melted into the scintillant dusk of the sky.
1932 ‘B. Ross’ Trag. of Y i. i. 29 The scintillant trickle of the Hudson.
1986 D. Koontz Strangers i. ii. 220 The crust of snow glimmered with a scintillant, reflected light.
2002 A. Davies Frog King 176 The glass falls..until it shatters into scintillant dust on the sidewalk.
3. figurative. Of a person, or his or her writing, speech, etc.: sparkling, brilliant; lively and witty; = scintillating adj. 2.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [adjective]
quainta1250
conceitive1579
conceited1583
conceity1589
conceitful1594
wittya1616
sharply-conceived1630
smart1639
mercurial1647
spiritual1701
wittified1742
scintillant1764
witful1765
1764 R. A. S. F. Amourous Guardian v. 94 It's [sc. the mind's] latent, not-to-be-hidden, scintillant qualities, will involuntarily unfold themselves to the admiration of the learned.
1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy I. 400 Hudibras too, of all books perhaps most dazzling with scintillant brightness.
1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. viii. 249 His scintillant wit.
1880 J. Ruskin Notes on Prout & Hunt 9 Genius..scintillant enough to be made more vivid by contraction.
1908 Yale Lit. Mag. June 405 The scintillant conversation was hushed.
1927 Harper's Mag. Oct. 528 Through this first biography of the great German in forty years, there walks a scintillant figure.
1990 W. Styron Darkness Visible iii. 35 Just a few of these fallen artists, all modern, make up a sad but scintillant roll call.
B. n.
Science. A substance that fluoresces when struck by ionizing radiation, esp. one used to detect or measure such radiation; a scintillator; (as a mass noun) liquid of this nature.
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the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > radioactivity > alpha radiation > [noun] > fluorescent material
scintillator1950
scintillant1956
1956 Supplemento al Nuovo Cimento 4 1255 After the introduction of the gas discharge counters, the method of scintillation counting was considered almost exclusively of historical interest, until the situation was reversed with the discovery of transparent scintillants.
1963 Physics Lett. 6 118/2 (caption) Counters 1–6 were scintillation detectors and..all were of plastic scintillant coupled to RCA 6810A phototubes.
1989 Nature 14 Sept. 167/1 Tritium-based assays require the use of liquid scintillant, which is flammable.
2010 M. Kono in P. M. Conn Constitutive Activity in Receptors & Other Proteins: B xii. 220 An additional vial is filled with 10 mL of scintillant, into which 10 μL of the reaction mixture is pipetted.

Derivatives

ˈscintillantly adv.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adverb] > in a sparkling manner
scintillously1509
twinklingly1561
glisteringly1587
glisteningly1611
glitteringly1611
sparklingly1669
scintillant1737
a-sparkle1840
spark-like1845
scintillatingly1875
aglisten1883
scintillantly1887
aglitter1913
1887 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) 16 Apr. The Star of Bethlehem..is scintillantly brilliant and beautiful.
1928 A. L. Fleming Dwellers in Arctic Night 151 Flashes of light from the Aurora Borealis move scintillantly in the sky.
1995 Brandon (Manitoba) Sun 13 Nov. 4/5 The depth of that hostility to Rabin is caught scintillantly by the Jerusalem Report's story.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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