lambent \LAM-bunt\, adjective:
1. Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over. ``A lambent flame.'' --Dryden. ``A lambent style.'' --Beaconsfield.
2. Twinkling or gleaming; flickering. ``The lambent purity of the stars.'' --W. Irving.
I have an image in my mind of the soaring vault rising and disappearing into the gray-white silence, the niches in the salt walls where the saints dwelled, the few points of lambent gold glimmering feebly on the altar.
--Richard O'Mara, "The Unapologetic Tourist." New York Times, November 21, 1999
In a lambent corner of the studio where Ms. Cooper works in Long Island City, the two savored a moment of easy intimacy.
--Ruth La Ferla, "Preserved in Oil: Society Portraits Are in Vogue Again." New York Times, November 7, 1999
1. Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over. ``A lambent flame.'' --Dryden. ``A lambent style.'' --Beaconsfield.
2. Twinkling or gleaming; flickering. ``The lambent purity of the stars.'' --W. Irving.
I have an image in my mind of the soaring vault rising and disappearing into the gray-white silence, the niches in the salt walls where the saints dwelled, the few points of lambent gold glimmering feebly on the altar.
--Richard O'Mara, "The Unapologetic Tourist." New York Times, November 21, 1999
In a lambent corner of the studio where Ms. Cooper works in Long Island City, the two savored a moment of easy intimacy.
--Ruth La Ferla, "Preserved in Oil: Society Portraits Are in Vogue Again." New York Times, November 7, 1999