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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

coruscating en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Characterised by intellectual and rhetorical brilliance; blazing or glittering with rhetorical force.
  2. Scathingly critical; blistering.

Forms

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more coruscating Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most coruscating Degree=Sup lexicographic

coruscating en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. Synonym of coruscation.
    • There were tremblings, flashings, coruscatings of sparks which were dying as they were born. 1965, Marguerite Young, Miss MacIntosh, My Darling:

Forms

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coruscatings Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

coruscation

coruscating en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of coruscate
    form of coruscate