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radient

radient is the obsolete form of radiant.

Meaning of radiant

Adjective

radiant (comparative more radiant, superlative most radiant)

  1. Radiating light and/or heat.
    • the radiant sun
  2. Emitted as radiation.
  3. (figuratively) Beaming with vivacity and happiness.
    • a radiant face
  4. (figuratively) Strikingly beautiful.
    • And yet she was ensnaringly beautiful, despite her pride and self-consciousness; radiant and certain of conquest she stood before the man who alone seemed to have neither eye nor ear for charms that had never elsewhere played her false.1893, E. Werner, Clear the Track!, page 94
  5. Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.
  6. Giving off rays.
    • the sun radiant

See all 10 meanings of radiant

Forms of radient

comparativemore radient
superlativemost radient

Questions about radient

What is radient the obsolete form of?
Radient is the obsolete form of radiant.

Words near radient in the dictionary

  1. radiculose
  2. radiculous
  3. radiendocrinator
  4. radiendocrinators
  5. radiendocrinology
  6. radient
  7. radiesthesia
  8. radiesthesist
  9. radiesthesists
  10. radiesthetic
  11. radif

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