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corruscation

corruscation is the dated form of coruscation.

Meaning of coruscation

Noun

coruscation (countable and uncountable, plural coruscations)

  1. A sudden display of brilliance; a flashing of light; a sparkle.
    • [I]n the dusky galleries, duskier with unwashed heads, is a strange 'coruscation,'—of impromptu billhooks.1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number)

Forms of corruscation

pluralcorruscations

Questions about corruscation

What is corruscation the dated form of?
Corruscation is the dated form of coruscation.

Words near corruscation in the dictionary

  1. corrupts
  2. corruscate
  3. corruscated
  4. corruscates
  5. corruscating
  6. corruscation
  7. corruscations
  8. Corry
  9. Corryong
  10. Corrys
  11. Corrèze

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Adapted from Wiktionary: corruscation (page history and authors); coruscation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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