"coruscating" meaning in All languages combined

See coruscating on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more coruscating [comparative], most coruscating [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} coruscating (comparative more coruscating, superlative most coruscating)
  1. Characterised by intellectual and rhetorical brilliance; blazing or glittering with rhetorical force.
    Sense id: en-coruscating-en-adj-muiT8gEw
  2. Scathingly critical; blistering.
    Sense id: en-coruscating-en-adj-O9vsqlxQ
  3. Flashing, sparkling, glittering; giving off flashes of light.
    Sense id: en-coruscating-en-adj-x-CY4vmC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 21 36 24 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 19 38 24 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 18 41 23 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coruscatingly

Noun [English]

Forms: coruscatings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} coruscating (plural coruscatings)
  1. Synonym of coruscation. Synonyms: coruscation [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-coruscating-en-noun-eHVpoNm0

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} coruscating
  1. present participle and gerund of coruscate Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: coruscate
    Sense id: en-coruscating-en-verb-MZj5Cidl

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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