lambency en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From lambent + -ency.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The property of being lambent, brightness.
[B]ecause of the centuries he has spent dormant in the tumulus, there is a foundedness as well as a lambency about him.
1999, Seamus Heaney, “Introduction”, in Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page xix:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lambencies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |