scin·til·late
v. scin·til·lat·ed, scin·til·lat·ing, scin·til·lates
v.intr.
1. To throw off sparks; flash.
2. To sparkle or shine. See Synonyms at flash.
3. To be animated and brilliant: dinner conversation that scintillated.
v.tr.
To give off (sparks or flashes).
Scintillating
adjective, 1846
1. brilliantly lively, stimulating, or witty
First of all, I love this word. Second of all, I hope you don't know it.
Third, there seems to be a difference between between the verb scintillate and the adjective scintillating.
Here is another definition I found of scintillating:
Alright, here is the word in use by someone other than myself. Someone who writes on the internet...
Acclaimed by Norman Mailer more than twenty years ago as "possibly the only American writer of genius," William S. Burroughs has produced a body of work unique in our time. In these scintillating essays, he writes wittily and wisely about himself, his interests, his influences, his friends and foes.
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Scintillating
adjective, 1846
1. brilliantly lively, stimulating, or witty
First of all, I love this word. Second of all, I hope you don't know it.
Third, there seems to be a difference between between the verb scintillate and the adjective scintillating.
Here is another definition I found of scintillating:
Adjective
(of conversation or humor) very lively and amusing
Well, that explains it. Both words define a sort of liveliness and sparkle. The adjective, though, (as I've taken from these two definitions) is used mainly when dealing with conversation.
So, I would say: "Our conversation is ever so scintillating! You're so smart (or scintillating as well, depending on if you have a redundancy phobia)."
On the other hand, I would say "The plane seemingly scintillates as it passes under the sun."
I imagine a huge smile when I think of scintillate and scintillating. Or an elf on a white horse from Lord of the Rings riding under a waterfall with glistening water. Yes, I said it.
Synonyms:
glistening, brilliant, exciting, stimulating, glittering, sparkly
Well, that explains it. Both words define a sort of liveliness and sparkle. The adjective, though, (as I've taken from these two definitions) is used mainly when dealing with conversation.
So, I would say: "Our conversation is ever so scintillating! You're so smart (or scintillating as well, depending on if you have a redundancy phobia)."
On the other hand, I would say "The plane seemingly scintillates as it passes under the sun."
I imagine a huge smile when I think of scintillate and scintillating. Or an elf on a white horse from Lord of the Rings riding under a waterfall with glistening water. Yes, I said it.
Synonyms:
glistening, brilliant, exciting, stimulating, glittering, sparkly
Alright, here is the word in use by someone other than myself. Someone who writes on the internet...
Acclaimed by Norman Mailer more than twenty years ago as "possibly the only American writer of genius," William S. Burroughs has produced a body of work unique in our time. In these scintillating essays, he writes wittily and wisely about himself, his interests, his influences, his friends and foes.
(Link)
My sentence!
As I lay in bed and watched the sun scintillate through the morning dew, I pushed myself to think of a scintillating way to describe it; something original and definitely not trite.
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I hope everyone enjoys the blog and the scatter-brained way we present the words.
Remember to leave your own sentence using the day's word!
Yay, I'm glad I just saw Lord of the Rings, or I would have felt like such an outsider.
ReplyDeleteOkay, here are some examples of vignettes, sketching the scene and/or character:
As the vampire wandered into the sun-drenched meadow, the light scintillated onto his skin, creating an illusion of a god-like presence.
---hehe, twilight reference, sorry.
Edna's scintillating diamonds matched the aura of the room during the last dinner party before her departure to the pigeon-house.
---guess where that's from... =)
The morning glories scintillated in the darkness, as the faces of the children who held them cautiously lit up with with amazement.
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