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lambent definition

lam·bent (lam′bənt)

adjective

  1. playing lightly over a surface; flickering: said of a flame, etc.
  2. giving off a soft glow a lambent sky
  3. playing lightly and gracefully over a subject: said of wit, humor, etc.

Etymology: L lambens, prp. of lambere, to lick, lap < IE base *lab- > lap

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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