coruscate

English

WOTD – 3 March 2006

The coruscating lights of the aurora borealis

Alternative forms

• corruscate (dated)

Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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)

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

Synonyms

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

Translations

to reflect in flashes; to sparkle

• Bulgarian: блестя (bg) (blestja), искря (bg) (iskrja)
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Anagrams

• accouters, accoutres, cocurates

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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 of coruscato

Anagrams

• stracuoce

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) coruscāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of coruscō