coruscate
English
WOTD – 3 March 2006
Alternative forms
- corruscate (dated)
Etymology
From Latin coruscātus, perfect passive participle of coruscō (“to flash, gleam”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɒɹəskeɪt/, /ˈkɔːɹəskeɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- enPR: kôrʹə-skāt, kŏrʹə-skāt
Verb
coruscate (third-person singular simple present coruscates, present participle coruscating, simple past and past participle coruscated)
- (intransitive) To give off light; to reflect in flashes; to sparkle.
- (intransitive, figurative) To exhibit brilliant technique or style.
- 1981, A. D. Hope, “His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell”, in A Book of Answers[1], archived from the original on 16 July 2021:
- For truth and tenderness do more / Than coruscating metaphor.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to reflect in flashes; to sparkle
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
coruscate
- inflection of coruscare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
coruscate f pl
- feminine plural of coruscato
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
coruscāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of coruscō