coruscating

coruscating is the present participle and gerund of coruscate.

Adjective

coruscating (comparative more coruscating, superlative most coruscating)

Characterised by intellectual and rhetorical brilliance; blazing or glittering with rhetorical force.
Scathingly critical; blistering.

coruscate (third-person singular simple present coruscates, present participle coruscating, simple past and past participle coruscated)

(intransitive) To give off light; to reflect in flashes; to sparkle.
- Then He [Death himself] clapped spurs to his steed and it sprang into the air, sparks coruscating from its hooves.1983, Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic, published 2022, page 204
Synonyms:

gleam, glimmer, glisten, glitter, radiate, scintillate, sheen, shine, sparkle, twinkle
(figuratively, intransitive) To exhibit brilliant technique or style.
- For truth and tenderness do more / Than coruscating metaphor.1981, A. D. Hope, “His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell”, in A Book of Answers, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2021

coruscating (plural coruscatings)

Synonym of coruscation.
- There were tremblings, flashings, coruscatings of sparks which were dying as they were born.1965, Marguerite Young, Miss MacIntosh, My Darling
Synonyms:

coruscation

What does coruscating mean?: Coruscating means synonym of coruscation.
What is coruscating the present participle and gerund of?: Coruscating is the present participle and gerund of coruscate.
What part of speech is coruscating?: Coruscating can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of coruscating?: The plural of coruscating is coruscatings.

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