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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. softly bright or radiant;
- Example: "a house aglow with lights"
- Example: "glowing embers"
- Example: "lambent tongues of flame"
- Example: "the lucent moon"
- Example: "a sky luminous with stars"
[syn: aglow(p), lambent, lucent, luminous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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." --Dryden. "A lambent style."
      --Beaconsfield.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Twinkling or gleaming; fickering. "The lambent purity of
      the stars." --W. Irving.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lambent
    adj 1: 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),
           lambent, lucent, luminous]