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p. pr.
Distinguished by qualities which excite admiration; splendid; shining; as, brilliant talents.
a.
Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows; -- said of diamonds and other precious stones. See Rose diamond, under Rose. Cf. Brilliant, n.
p. pr.
Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star.
a.
A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with facets on the surface, and is flat below.
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Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; lively; sprightly; as, a vivid imagination.
n.
Brilliancy.
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A tropical genus of rubiaceous shrubs which often have brilliant flowers.
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Having a brilliantly polished surface, as some leaves.
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A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult to split. Called also black gum, sour gum, and pepperidge.
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Brilliancy; splendor; glitter.
n.
Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern United States (Trochilus colubris).
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Hence, a red color like the pigment; a lively and brilliant red; as, cheeks of vermilion.
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Any one of numerous species of beautiful tropical birds belonging to the family Trogonidae. They are noted for the brilliant colors and the resplendent luster of their plumage.
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A brilliant star of the first magnitude, the brightest of those constituting the constellation Lyra.
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A genus of large, brilliantly colored moths native of the West Indies and South America. Their bright colored and tailed hind wings and their diurnal flight cause them to closely resemble butterflies.
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Any one of several species of brilliant South American humming birds of the genus Sappho, having very bright-colored and deeply forked tails; -- called also firetail.
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A mineral usually of a reddish brown color, and brilliant metallic adamantine luster, occurring in tetragonal crystals. In composition it is titanium dioxide, like octahedrite and brookite.
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The quality of being brilliant; splendor; glitter; great brightness, whether in a literal or figurative sense.
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A performer on some instrument, as the violin or the piano, who excels in the technical part of his art; a brilliant concert player.
adv.
In a brilliant manner.
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