Helen Fenton

Brillancy: Definition and part of speech

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Brillancy

  1. n. The quality of being brilliant; splendor; glitter; great brightness, whether in a literal or figurative sense.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Brilliant: Definition and part of speech

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Brilliant

  1. a. A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.
  2. p. pr. Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star.
  3. p. pr. Distinguished by qualities which excite admiration; splendid; shining; as, brilliant talents.
  4. a. 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.
  5. a. The smallest size of type used in England printing.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Brim: Definition and part of speech

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Brim

  1. n. The rim of a hat.
  2. n. The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything.
  3. n. The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.