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softly bright or radiant“a house aglow with lights”“glowing embers”“lambent tongues of flame”“the lucent moon”“a sky luminous with stars”Synonyms: aglow lucent luminousOpposite dullSimilar bright

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Lam′bent adjective

Origin: 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.” John Dryden “A lambent style.” Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

2. Twinkling or gleaming; fickering. “The lambent purity of the stars.” Washington Irving

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54