glowing, flickering; shining softly; fluttering lightly, playful (of light, fire)
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Lambent Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Twinkling or gleaming; fickering.
Twinkling or gleaming; fickering.
(a.)
Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutPlaying on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.
lambent
\lam"bent\ (?), a. [l. lambens, -enlis, p. pr. of lambere to lick; akin to lap. see lap to drink by licking.]
1. playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over. "a lambent flame." "a lambent style."
2. twinkling or gleaming; fickering. "the lambent purity of the stars." irving.
lambent
adj : softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars" [syn: aglow(p) , glowing, lucent, luminous]
Adjective
1. softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars"
(synonym) aglow(p), glowing, lucent, luminous
(similar) bright
