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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

A Word

lam·bent

[lam-buhnt] 
adjective
1. running or moving lightly over a surface: lambent tongues of flame.
2. dealing lightly and gracefully with a subject; brilliantly playful: lambent wit.
3. softly bright or radiant: a lambent light.
 
The snows of Mississippi are lambent.
--Marica
 
The lambent rays of the sunset cast a deceptive light on the politician's speech.
--A. Leland
 
I peered out my window hoping to catch a glimpse of the lambent light from the TARDIS.
--Daughter C
 
The lambent nature of the Scarlet "A' upon her bosom made it impossible for anyone to ignore.
--Miss M
 
Lambent analysis has never been my philosophical modus operandi.
--Mr. Big Food.  

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