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1. • • flickering or playing lightly over a surface, as light or flame. definition 2: playful and brilliant, as wit. definition 3: glowing softly. On this misty night, a lambent haze blanketed the city.
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   What is a lambent light?

   • Lambent is a word describing a type of light that is subdued or soft. A lambent glow is not a bright, blinding light. Lambent comes from a Latin word meaning "lick," and that fact may help you remember the word: lambent lights or flames aren't solid or powerful. The light is flickering — almost like the licking of a snake's tongue.

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   When was Lambent first used?

   • The earliest known use of the adjective lambent is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for lambent is from 1647, in the writing of Abraham Cowley, poet. lambent is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin lambent-em, lambĕre.

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   What is a lambent spotlight?

   • A lambent spotlight shines on each individual in his portraits, reminding the world of their forgotten existence. Another has joined the band—a little shadowy form, with lambent eyes, and the smile of a seraph. Each stalk had turned into a tall, straight flame of lambent rose.

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   Is there a lambent light at the end of the tunnel?

   • a lambent light. lambent tongues of flame. lambent wit. There appears to be a lambent light at the end of the tunnel, yet cavalier attitudes towards the pandemic, particularly among younger people who, as a group, are under-vaccinated, resembles what we saw last summer just before the second wave.

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   Does poetry remain a lambent quality in the air?

   • Maybe poetry remains atmospheric and diffuse, a lambent quality in the air. Could he withdraw, while, as he held her soft hand, that lambent fire played along his nerves? Her large brown eyes were deeply fringed, and lambent with interior light. Another has joined the band--a little shadowy form, with lambent eyes, and the smile of a seraph.

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   Should I move back to the mainland to avoid a lambent?

   • There is a lot of talk about moving back to the mainland to avoid the lambent but the camp is torn on whether to stay or not. His most successful hybrid is a buttercup with a lambent golden brown colour, that he is marketing under the name of honeycup. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   LAMBENT definition: 1. shining gently: 2. the ability to use words in a clever and humorous way without being unkind…. Learn more.

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     LAMBENT meaning: 1. shining gently: 2. the ability to use...

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   The meaning of LAMBENT is playing lightly on or over a surface : flickering. How to use lambent in a sentence. Lambent and Flames

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   LAMBENT meaning: 1. shining gently: 2. the ability to use words in a clever and humorous way without being unkind…. Learn more.

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   Britannica Dictionary definition of LAMBENT. formal + literary. 1. : shining or glowing softly. lambent flames. lambent sunlight glinting off the waves. 2. : having a light, appealing quality. a writer known for her lambent wit.

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   Lambent definition: softly bright or radiant. See examples of LAMBENT used in a sentence.

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   There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective lambent. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Lambent is a word describing a type of light that is subdued or soft. A lambent glow is not a bright, blinding light. Lambent comes from a Latin word meaning "lick," and that fact may help you remember the word: lambent lights or flames aren't solid or powerful.