scintillating

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scintillating

  • /ˌsɪntɪˈleɪtɪŋ/ UK
  • /ˌsɪntəˈleɪtɪŋ/ US

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of scintillate

adjective more scintillating · most scintillating

  1. That scintillates with brief flashes of light; sparkling. On the scintillating water yellow and blue boats bobbed up and down.
  2. figuratively Brilliantly or impressively clever, exciting, amusing or witty. Her sketches and tales may be said to be cleverly written. They are lively, easy, conventional, scintillating with a species of sarcastic wit, which might be termed good were it in any respect original.

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adj sparkling

Русскийискря́щийся iskrjáščijsja

adj witty

Русскийискромётный iskromjótnyj

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@misc{scintillating_2026,
  title = {scintillating},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scintillating},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}