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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCIN'TILLATING, ppr. emitting sparks; sparkling.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: brilliantly clever; "scintillating wit"; "a play full of scintillating dialogue"
2: marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders" [syn: bubbling, effervescent, frothy, scintillating, sparkly]
3: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term" [syn: aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1846 brilliantly lively, stimulating, or witty <a scintillating conversation>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scintillate Scin"til*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scintillated; p. pr. & vb. n. Scintillating.] [L. scintillare, scintillatum, from scintilla a spark. Cf. Stencil.] 1. To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles. As the electrical globe only scintillates when rubbed against its cushion. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To sparkle, as the fixed stars.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A scintillating conversation or performance is very lively and interesting. You can hardly expect scintillating conversation from a kid that age. = sparkling ADJ: usu ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

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