Definition of "coruscate" []

• To give forth flashes of light; sparkle and glitter: diamonds coruscating in the candlelight. (verb-intransitive)
• To exhibit sparkling virtuosity: a flutist whose music coruscated throughout the concert hall. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Oh, I could describe its size, feeling, weight but never its colour, its delicate shades and nuances, the way light would coruscate over the ripe contours of a dew-laden bunch of grapes."
• """ Now we're getting all the calls, '' Tracey laughs, waving her hands and making her huge diamond wedding ring coruscate."
• "I say this because these are attributes that glitter and coruscate throughout The Grounds, his second novel."