Meaning & use
lambent
Literary: glowing or flickering softly, or displaying a light, brilliant wit.
See it in a sentence
A lambent glow from the fireplace flickered across the walls of the quiet room.
Her lambent humor lit up even the dullest faculty meetings.
A note on using this word
Lambent is a formal, literary word; in everyday speech, 'glowing' or 'flickering' would sound far more natural.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
dull
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