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Definition of: lambent
(lam′bənt) adjective
1. Playing with a soft, undulatory movement; gliding; flickering.
2. Softly radiant.
3. Touching lightly but brilliantly: lambent wit. [<L lambens, -entis, ppr. of lambere lick]
—lam′ben·cy, lam′bent·ness noun
—lam′bent·ly adverb
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