▪ I. ‖ ˈbrillant Obs.
Also 7 brillain.
[F. brillant n., brilliance, brilliancy (subst. use of brillant brilliant.)]
Brilliancy.
| 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iii. ii. (1684) 36 The brillain of so much good language, Sir, has much more power than the little beauty I can boast. 1678 T. Rymer Trag. of Age 6 He gives a lustre and brillant which dazzles the sight. |
▪ II. brillant
obs. form of brilliant a.