Definition of "lambent" []

• Flickering lightly over or on a surface: lambent moonlight. (adjective)
• Effortlessly light or brilliant: lambent wit. (adjective)
• Having a gentle glow; luminous. See Synonyms at bright. (adjective)

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• "When he shot the sun at noon, the glow of achievement wrapped him in lambent flame."
• "They have a taste of native earth, beautifully rarefied: to change the metaphor, they illuminate the page with a kind of lambent common sense."
• "He gazes with growing fear and wonder at the lambent pattern of particle tracks, and struggles to absorb the full implications."