coruscation
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Nor is there now any blinding coruscation of genius.
From Time Magazine Archive
They seemed to speak together as if in some scene or passage of celestial drama, nor did I know which was the diviner speech, the moon's unwavering effulgence or that leaping coruscation of the stars.
From Apologia Diffidentis by O. M. (Ormonde Maddock) Dalton
Can any of your readers explain why such a coruscation of joy upon a wedding day should forebode evil? or whether any other instances are on record of its so doing?
From Notes and Queries, Number 82, May 24, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
But Mr. Davidson's wit is so brilliant within the circles of its temporary coruscation as to leave the outline of his work in a constant penumbra.
From Adventures in Criticism by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Gleams of lightning at intervals flashed over the sward; or, in fitful coruscation, illumined the deep arcades of the forest—the beeches, for a moment, appearing burnished by the blaze.
From The White Gauntlet by Mayne Reid
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