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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
scintillating
    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(p), coruscant, fulgid, glinting,
       glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant,
       scintillating, sparkly]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      [1913 Webster]

            As the electrical globe only scintillates when
            rubbed against its cushion.           --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To sparkle, as the fixed stars.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Scintillating:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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