Brilliant
11brilliant — 1 radiant, luminous, *bright, effulgent, lustrous, refulgent, beaming, lambent, lucent, incandescent Analogous words: flashing, scintillating, sparkling, gleaming, glittering, coruscating (see FLASH vb): blazing flaming, flaring, glowing (see… …
12brilliant — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of light or colour) very bright or vivid. 2) exceptionally clever or talented. 3) Brit. informal excellent; marvellous. DERIVATIVES brilliance (also brilliancy) noun brilliantly adverb. ORIGIN …
13brilliant — [bril′yənt] adj. [Fr brillant, sparkling, prp. of briller, to sparkle, glitter < It brillare, sparkle, whirl] 1. shining brightly; sparkling 2. vivid; intense 3. very splendid or distinguished 4. having or showing keen intelligence, great… …
14Brilliant — Brillant (im Deutschen häufige Falschschreibung „Brilliant“; zu frz. brillant, lat. berillus, griech. bêrillos ‚Beryll‘) steht für: Brillant, ein speziell geschliffener Diamant. brillant, ein Adjektiv, siehe Brillanz Brillant (Schriftmaß), im… …
15brilliant — [[t]brɪ̱liənt[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A brilliant person, idea, or performance is extremely clever or skilful. She had a brilliant mind... It was his brilliant performance in My Left Foot that established his reputation. Derived words:… …
16brilliant — bril|liant W3S3 [ˈbrıljənt] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(bright)¦ 2¦(clever)¦ 3¦(excellent)¦ 4¦(successful)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: , present participle of briller to shine , from Italian brillare, probably from Latin beryllus; BERYL] …
17brilliant — 01. He is a [brilliant] mathematician, but he doesn t have any common sense. 02. The young woman played the piano [brilliantly] during her first performance with the symphony. 03. The award winning scientist attributed his [brilliance] in biology …
18brilliant — 1 adjective 1 brilliant light or colour is very bright and strong: The stage was flooded with brilliant light. | brilliant reds and blues 2 extremely good, clever, or skilful: Cox s performance was brilliant. | a brilliant idea: Hugh came up with …
19brilliant — brilliantly, adv. brilliantness, n. /bril yeuhnt/, adj. 1. shining brightly; sparkling; glittering; lustrous: the brilliant lights of the city. 2. distinguished; illustrious: a brilliant performance by a young pianist. 3. having or showing great… …
20brilliant — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look ADVERB ▪ just, really, truly ▪ Her performance was truly brilliant. ▪ …
