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blicant

blicant adjective: shining; bright.

Adjective

blicant (comparative more blicant, superlative most blicant)

  1. (UK, dialectal) shining; bright

Forms of blicant

comparativemore blicant
superlativemost blicant

Origin of blicant

From Middle English blycande, blykkande, blikande, variants of blikiende, blikinde (“shining”), equivalent to blike + -and.

Questions about blicant

What does blicant mean?
Blicant means shining; bright.
What part of speech is blicant?
Blicant is an adjective.

Words near blicant in the dictionary

  1. bli neder
  2. Bliar
  3. bliaus
  4. bliaut
  5. bliauts
  6. blicant
  7. blick
  8. blicked
  9. blicked up
  10. Blickenstaff
  11. Blickenstaffs

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