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coruscations

coruscations is the plural 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)

Questions about coruscations

What is coruscations the plural of?
Coruscations is the plural of coruscation.

Words near coruscations in the dictionary

  1. coruscates
  2. coruscating
  3. coruscatingly
  4. coruscatings
  5. coruscation
  6. coruscations
  7. Corvallis
  8. corve
  9. corvee
  10. corvees
  11. corver

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