Definitions
a quality that outshines the usual
Word origin
From brilliant + -ancy; attested earlier than brilliance. Compare French brillance.
Used in a sentence
“The beauty and brilliancy of this insect are indescribable, and none but a naturalist can understand the intense excitement I experienced when I at length captured it.”
“[…] to assist greatly in the consumption of the lamp, and to diminish the aqueous precipitations produced on the interior of the lantern glass, which has the effect of reducing more or less the brilliancy of the light.”
“[H]is ideal of grandeur was a splendid façade, diffusing its brilliancy outward too, irradiating hospitality.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Dazzling luster”10 letters
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