brilliancy
pronunciation
How to pronounce brilliancy in British English:
UK ['brɪljənsɪ]
How to pronounce brilliancy in American English:
US ['brɪljənsɪ]
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- Noun:
- a quality that outshines the usual
Word Origin
- brilliancy (n.)
- 1747; see brilliant + -cy. Also compare brilliance.
Example
- 1. Those four lugubrious walls had their moment of dazzling brilliancy .
- 2. Youth , even in its sorrow , always has a brilliancy of its own .
- 3. Smile seemed heartless in its brilliancy .
- 4. When the flush of the morning has brightened into vermilion , and the place from which the sun is soon to emerge has attained a dazzling brilliancy , the robins are already less tuneful .
- 5. Among the attributes of god , although they are all equal , mercy shines with even more brilliancy than justice .