Meaning & use
scintillant
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Sparkling or twinkling with tiny points of light; brilliantly lively or witty.
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The scintillant frost on the window caught the morning sun.
Her scintillant wit kept the whole dinner party entertained.
A note on using this word
"Scintillant" comes from the Latin "scintilla," meaning spark, the same root that gives us "scintillate" and "scintillating."
Words with a similar meaning
sparklingglittering
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Words with an opposite meaning
dulllackluster
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