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English

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-brilliant.ogg


Adjective

  1. shining brightly
  2. : the brilliant lights along the promenade
  3. In the Context of both light and saturated
  4. : butterflies with brilliant blue wings
  5. In the Context of having a sharp, clear tone
  6. of surpassing excellence (primarily UK usage)
  7. : The actor's performance in the play was simply brilliant.
  8. magnificent or wonderful (primarily UK usage)
  9. highly intelligent
  10. : She is a brilliant scientist.


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Noun

  1. a finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond, having many facets
  2. :* 1891: “And the ring?” I asked, glancing at a remarkable brilliant which sparkled upon his finger. — Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘A Case Of Identity’ (Norton 2005 p.76)


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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

brillant#French|brillant.

Noun

brilliant

  1. brilliant#English|brilliant.


Declension

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References

Category:Crimean Tatar nouns

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Brilliant \Bril"liant\ (br[i^]l"yant), a. [F. brillant, p. pr.
of briller to shine or sparkle (cf. Pr. & Sp. brillar, It.
brillare), fr. L. beryllus a precious stone of sea-green
color, Prov. It. brill. See Beryl.]
1. Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a
brilliant star.
[1913 Webster]

2. Distinguished by qualities which excite admiration;
splendid; shining; as, brilliant talents.
[1913 Webster]

Washington was more solicitous to avoid fatal
mistakes than to perform brilliant exploits.
--Fisher Ames.
[1913 Webster]

3. Exceedingly intelligent, or of distinguished
accomplishment in a field; -- as, a brilliant chemist.
[PJC]

Syn: See Shining.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Brilliant \Bril"liant\, n. [F. brillant. See Brilliant, a.]
1. A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into
faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light,
by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the
middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which
is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a
bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to
the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of
elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose
diamond, which is entirely covered with facets on the
surface, and is flat below.
[1913 Webster]

This snuffbox -- on the hinge see brilliants shine.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Print.) The smallest size of type used in England
printing.
[1913 Webster]

Note: This line is printed in the type called Brilliant.
[1913 Webster]

3. A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet brilliant
adj 1: of surpassing excellence; "a brilliant performance"; "a
superb actor" [syn: superb]
2: having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence;
"some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a
brilliant solution to the problem" [syn: brainy, {smart
as a whip}]
3: characterized by or attended with brilliance or grandeur;
"the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work
of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid
coronation ceremony" [syn: glorious, magnificent, splendid]
4: having striking color; "bright greens"; "brilliant
tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage" [syn: bright, vivid]
5: full of light; shining intensely; "a brilliant star";
"brilliant chandeliers"
6: clear and sharp and ringing; "the bright sound of the
trumpet section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets"
[syn: bright]
Moby Dictionary
Attic , Daedalian , able , accomplished , adept , adroit , apt , artistic ,
authoritative , beaming , beautiful , bedazzling , biting , blinding ,
blooming , brainy , bravura , bright , bright and shining , bright-hued ,
brim , brink , burning , celebrated , charismatic , clean , clever ,
colorful , colory , competent , coordinated , coruscating , crack ,
crackerjack , creative , cunning , cute , daedal , dazzling ,
deep-colored , deft , devastating , dexterous , dextrous , diplomatic ,
discerning , distinguished , divine , droll , edge , effulgent , eminent ,
enlightened , erudite , excellent , exceptional , exotic , expert ,
facetious , famous , fancy , flamboyant , flaming , fringe , fulgent ,
fulgid , funny , garish , gay , gay-colored , gifted , glamorous ,
glaring , glary , glittering , glorious , glowing , good , goodish ,
gorgeous , graceful , handy , heavenly , hem , high-colored , humorous ,
humorsome , illustrious , imaginative , incandescent , ingenious ,
intelligent , intense , jesting , jocose , jocular , joking , joky ,
joshing , keen , keen-witted , killing , knowing , knowledgeable ,
lambent , learned , lucent , luminous , lustrous , magic , magisterial ,
magnificent , margin , masterful , masterly , mordant , neat , nimble ,
nimble-witted , no dumbbell , no mean , not born yesterday , noted ,
numinous , outstanding , perimeter , periphery , pointed , politic ,
professional , proficient , prominent , pungent , quick ,
quick-thinking , quick-witted , quite some , radiant , rapier-like ,
raving , ravishing , ready , refulgent , remarkable , renowned ,
resourceful , resplendent , rich , rich-colored , sage , salt , salty ,
scintillating , sharp , sharp-witted , shining , skillful , skirt ,
slick , smart , some , sparkling , splendent , splendid , splendorous ,
splendrous , sprightly , statesmanlike , steel-trap , striking ,
stunning , stylish , sublime , superb , tactful , talented ,
the compleat , the complete , twinkling , verge , virtuoso , vivid ,
well-done , whimsical , wise , witty , workmanlike


FOLDOC Brilliant

One of five pedagogical languages based on Markov
algorithms, used in ["Nonpareil, a Machine Level Machine
Independent Language for the Study of Semantics", B. Higman,
ULICS Intl Report No ICSI 170, U London (1968)].

See also Diamond, Nonpareil, Pearl, Ruby.


Brilliant, AL (town, FIPS 9424) Location: 34.01672 N, 87.77581 W Population (1990): 751 (366 housing units) Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35548 Brilliant, OH (village, FIPS 8812) Location: 40.26850 N, 80.62490 W Population (1990): 1672 (695 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43913
Moby Dictionary 762
Housing Units (2000): 402
Land area (2000): 3.437389 sq. miles (8.902796 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.437389 sq. miles (8.902796 sq. km)
FIPS code: 09424
Located within: Alabama (AL) , FIPS 01
Location: 34.022764 N , 87.767372 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 35548
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Brilliant , AL
Brilliant
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