coruscation [
,kɒrәs'keiʃәn]
coruscation[ noun ]- the occurrence of a small flash or spark
<noun.event>
- a sudden or striking display of brilliance
<noun.cognition>
coruscations of great wit
Coruscation \Cor`us*ca"tion\ (k?r`?s-k?"sh?n), n. [L.
coruscatio: cf. F. coruscattion.]
1. A sudden flash or play of light.
A very vivid but exceeding short-lived splender, not
to call ?t a little coruscation. --Boyle.
2. A flash of intellectual brilliancy.
He might have illuminated his times with the
incessant cor??cations of his genius. --I. Taylor.
Syn: Flash; glitter; blaze; gleam; sparkle.