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radiant
English
Etymology
From Middle French radiant, from Latin radians, radiantis, present participle of radiare (“to emit rays or beams”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??e?di.?nt/
Adjective
radiant (comparative more radiant, superlative most radiant)
- Radiating light and/or heat.
- Emitted as radiation.
- Beaming with vivacity and happiness.
- His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil?! You?! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow?!” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
- Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.
- (heraldry) Giving off rays; said of a bearing.
- (botany) Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.
Translations
Noun
radiant (plural radiants)
- A point source from which radiation is emitted.
- (astronomy) The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.
- (geometry) A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.
Translations
Anagrams
- anti-rad, antirad, intrada, itardan
French
Pronunciation
Verb
radiant
- present participle of radier
Latin
Verb
radiant
- third-person plural present active indicative of radi?
Romanian
Etymology
From French radiant.
Adjective
radiant m or n (feminine singular radiant?, masculine plural radian?i, feminine and neuter plural radiante)
- radiant
Declension
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sprightly
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?sp?a?tli/
- Hyphenation: spright?ly
Etymology 1
From spright +? -ly (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘behaving like, having the nature of’). Spright is an obsolete variant of sprite (“a shade, spirit; elf, fairy, goblin; apparition, ghost”), from Middle English sprit (“principle of life; soul, especially at the point of death; immaterial being (angel, demon, apparition, ghost, etc.); divine inspiration; Holy Spirit; the mind, intellect, reason; mental faculties, senses; power of prophecy; character, disposition; courage, resolution; mood, state of mind; human will; breath; (alchemy) volatile substance”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman esprite, esprit and Middle French esprit, variants of Anglo-Norman, Middle French, Old French espirit, esperit (“spirit”), from Latin sp?ritus (“air; breath; breathing; ghost, spirit”), from sp?r? (“to breathe; to breathe out, exhale”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow; to breathe”)) + -tus (“suffix forming action nouns from verbs”).
Adjective
sprightly (comparative sprightlier, superlative sprightliest)
- Animated, gay, or vivacious; lively, spirited.
- Synonyms: energetic, high-spirited, (chiefly Australia, US) spright
- Antonym: melancholy
- Of a person: full of life and vigour, especially with a light and springy step.
- Synonyms: active, dynamic, mettlesome, vivacious
- Especially of an older person: energetic and in good health; spry.
- (obsolete, rare) Of or relating to a sprite; ghostly, spectral.
Alternative forms
- sprightlie (obsolete)
- spritely
Derived terms
- spright (adjective) (chiefly Australia, US)
- sprightle (English Midlands, Northern Ireland, rare)
- sprightlily
- sprightliness
Related terms
- sprightful
- sprightless (rare)
- sprightness (rare)
Translations
Etymology 2
From spright +? -ly (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives).; see further at etymology 1.
Adverb
sprightly (comparative sprightlier, superlative sprightliest)
- In a lively and vigorous way; sprightlily.
Derived terms
- sprightlily
Translations
References
Anagrams
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