coruscate
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coruscate
- /ˈkɒɹəskeɪt/
- /ˈkɔːɹəskeɪt/
Where it comes from
From Latin coruscātus, perfect passive participle of coruscō (“to flash, gleam”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
verb coruscates · coruscating · coruscated · corruscate
- To give off light; to reflect in flashes; to sparkle. Then He [Death himself] clapped spurs to his steed and it sprang into the air, sparks coruscating from its hooves.
- To exhibit brilliant technique or style. For truth and tenderness do more / Than coruscating metaphor.
