coruscate

English

WOTD – 3 March 2006    

The coruscating lights of the aurora borealis

Alternative forms

• corruscate (dated)

Etymology

From the Latin coruscō (“I flash”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: kôrʹə-skāt, kŏrʹə-skāt

Verb

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

1. To give off light; to reflect in flashes; to sparkle.
2. To exhibit brilliant technique or style.

Synonyms

• gleam
• glimmer
• glisten
• glitter
• radiate
• scintillate
• sheen
• shine
• sparkle
• twinkle

Translations

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: блестя, искря

Anagrams

• accouters, accoutres

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Italian

Verb

coruscate

1. second-person plural present indicative of coruscare
2. second-person plural imperative of coruscare
3. feminine plural form of coruscato

Anagrams

• stracuoce

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Latin

Verb

coruscāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of coruscō