brilliancy

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brilliancy

  • /ˈbɹɪljənsi/

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From brilliant + -ancy; attested earlier than brilliance. Compare French brillance.

noun brilliancies · brilliance

  1. countable, uncountable A shining quality; brilliance. The beauty and brilliancy of this insect are indescribable, and none but a naturalist can understand the intense excitement I experienced when I at length captured it.
  2. countable, uncountable An act of being brilliant. His brilliancy lay in combining old concepts from far-flung fields into a new idea.
  3. countable, uncountable A spectacular and beautiful game of chess, generally featuring sacrificial attacks and unexpected moves. Bobby Fischer, one of the greatest chess players who ever lived, died at the age of sixty-four from kidney failure. He had lived one year for each square on a chessboard. / THE GOOD / First of all, you should learn the term “brilliancy.” It refers to a game that is played with spectacular strategy a

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noun shining quality

Françaisbrillance

noun act of being brilliant

Românăstrălucire, brilianță

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"brilliancy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/brilliancy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{brilliancy_2026,
  title = {brilliancy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brilliancy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}