rutilant

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rutilant

/ˈɹuːtɪl(ə)nt/ UK
/-tə-/ UK
/ˈɹutələnt/ US
[-ɾə-] US

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From Late Middle English rutilaunt (“shining with a gold or red colour”), from rutilāns (“reddening”), an adjective use of the present participle of rutilō (“to redden”) (from rutilus (“(yellowish) red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”)). The English word is cognate with Italian rutilante, Portuguese rutilante, Spanish rutilante.

adjective more rutilant · most rutilant

also, figuratively, literary Shining or glowing with a red colour or light. [S]tately Hyperion or the lordly ſonne, the moſt rutilant planet of the ſeuẽ, in Lent when Heralius herring enters into his chiefe reign and ſcepterdome, ſkippeth and danſeth[,] the goats iumpe on the earth for ioy of his entrance.
Similar: rutilous

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adj shining or glowing with a red colour or light

Español	rutilante
Português	rutilante
Français	rutilant
Italiano	rutilante

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

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@misc{rutilant_2026,
  title = {rutilant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rutilant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}