lambent
pronunciation
How to pronounce lambent in British English:
UK ['læmbənt]
How to pronounce lambent in American English:
US ['læmbənt]
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- Adjective:
- softly bright or radiant
Word Origin
- lambent
- lambent: see lap
- lambent (adj.)
- 1640s, from figurative use of Latin lambentem (nominative lambens), present participle of lambere "to lick," from PIE root *lab-, indicative of smacking lips or licking (cognates: Greek laptein "to sip, lick," Old English lapian "to lick, lap up, suck;" see lap (v.1)).
Example
- 1. He 's such a pseud , with his talk of " lambent harmonies " and " melting arpeggios " .
- 2. Her knowledge of love was purely theoretical , and she conceived of it as lambent flame , gentle as the fall ofdew or the ripple of quiet water , and cool as the velvet - dark of summer nights .