rutilant, a.
(ˈruːtɪlənt)
Also 5 rutilaunt, 6 Sc. rutuland.
[ad. L. rutilant-, rutilans, pres. pple. of rutilāre: see next.]
Glowing, shining, gleaming, glittering, with either a ruddy or golden light. Also fig.
In quot. 1868 used participially with object.
| 1497 Bp. Alcock Mons Perf. E ii/2 Lykned to the rose rutilaunt and the whyte lely. 1513 Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 3456 This rutilant gemme and specious floure. 1542 Becon Christm. Banq. iii, O repentance, more rutilant & shining than gold. 1599 Nashe Lenten Stuffe 36 The lordly sonne the most rutilant planet of the seuen. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xix. 808 The florid and rutilant part in the coagulated Blood. a 1706 Evelyn Silva (1776) 385 This cheerful green and Rutilant berries. 1868 Browning Ring & Bk. iii. 359 The Abate's guardian eye—Scintillant, rutilant, fraternal fire. 1884 G. Moore Mummer's Wife (1892) 285 Show-rooms..rutilant with gas and electric light. 1917 A. Huxley Let. 30 Sept. (1969) 135 Behemoth His eyes are little rutilant stones Sunk in black basalt. 1944 S. Putnam tr. E. da Cunha's Rebellion in Backlands i. §4. 35 Diminutive-leafed opuntias,..bordered with rutilant flowers. 1954 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 July 425/4 There are certain magical elements constantly working against the proof-corrector—a being less rutilant, but not less vulnerable, than Tchaikovsky's Prince. 1956 K. Watson Source 46 Rutilant the trail in space Of some recurrent meteor. |
Hence ˈrutilance [-ance], rutilant quality (rare).
| 1922 Joyce Ulysses 691 He..ignited it in the candle-flame, applied it when ignited to the apex of the cone till the latter reached the stage of rutilance. |