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eclatant

eclatant adjective: impressive, brilliant, striking, convincing.

Adjective

eclatant (comparative more eclatant, superlative most eclatant)

  1. (rare) Impressive, brilliant, striking, convincing.
    • Some operators differ with Dr. Pratt as to the technique of the operation, but this is a minor matter, so long as their operations are successful, but one fact is patent, the operation when made from proper indications is followed by the most eclatant results.1895 May, “Missouri Institute of Homœopathy, Bureau of Gynecology: Address by Dr. T. Griswold Comstock, Chairman”, in St. Louis Journal of Homœopathy and Clinical Reporter, volume 1, number 6, St....
    • It is clear that what was once seen as an inconsistency, is actually an eclatant example of one of the most systemic characteristics of the system.2014, Marina Gržinić, Šefik Tatlić, “The Unending Transition”, in Necropolitics, Racialization, and Global Capitalism: Historicization of Biopolitics and Forensics of Politics, Art, and Life, Lanham...

Forms of eclatant

comparativemore eclatant
superlativemost eclatant

Origin of eclatant

From French éclatant (“bright, brilliant, dazzling”), present participle of éclater (“to burst; to shine”).

Questions about eclatant

What does eclatant mean?
Eclatant means impressive, brilliant, striking, convincing.
What part of speech is eclatant?
Eclatant is an adjective.

Words near eclatant in the dictionary

  1. eclamptics
  2. eclamptogenic
  3. eclanamine
  4. eclarite
  5. eclat
  6. eclatant
  7. eclats
  8. eclazolast
  9. eclectic
  10. eclectic medicine
  11. Eclectic Wicca

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