brilliant
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
brilliant
adj 1: of surpassing excellence; "a brilliant performance"; "a
superb actor" [syn: {brilliant}, {superb}]
2: having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence;
"some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a
brilliant solution to the problem" [syn: {brainy},
{brilliant}, {smart as a whip}]
3: characterized by grandeur; "the brilliant court life at
Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent
cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony" [syn:
{brilliant}, {glorious}, {magnificent}, {splendid}]
4: having striking color; "bright dress"; "brilliant
tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage" [syn: {bright},
{brilliant}, {vivid}]
5: full of light; shining intensely; "a brilliant star";
"brilliant chandeliers"
6: clear and sharp and ringing; "the bright sound of the trumpet
section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets" [syn:
{bright}, {brilliant}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Brilliant \Bril"liant\ (br[i^]l"yant), a. [F. brillant, p. pr.
of briller to shine or sparkle (cf. Pr. & Sp. brillar, It.
brillare), fr. L. beryllus a precious stone of sea-green
color, Prov. It. brill. See {Beryl}.]
1. Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a
brilliant star.
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2. Distinguished by qualities which excite admiration;
splendid; shining; as, brilliant talents.
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Washington was more solicitous to avoid fatal
mistakes than to perform brilliant exploits.
--Fisher Ames.
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3. Exceedingly intelligent, or of distinguished
accomplishment in a field; -- as, a brilliant chemist.
[PJC]
Syn: See {Shining}.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Brilliant \Bril"liant\, n. [F. brillant. See {Brilliant}, a.]
1. A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into
faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light,
by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the
middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which
is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a
bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to
the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of
elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose
diamond, which is entirely covered with facets on the
surface, and is flat below.
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This snuffbox -- on the hinge see brilliants shine.
--Pope.
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2. (Print.) The smallest size of type used in England
printing.
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Note: This line is printed in the type called Brilliant.
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3. A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.
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from
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Brilliant, AL (town, FIPS 9424)
Location: 34.01672 N, 87.77581 W
Population (1990): 751 (366 housing units)
Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 35548
Brilliant, OH (village, FIPS 8812)
Location: 40.26850 N, 80.62490 W
Population (1990): 1672 (695 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 43913
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Brilliant, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama
Population (2000): 762
Housing Units (2000): 402
Land area (2000): 3.437389 sq. miles (8.902796 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.437389 sq. miles (8.902796 sq. km)
FIPS code: 09424
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 34.022764 N, 87.767372 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 35548
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Brilliant, AL
Brilliant
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
187 Moby Thesaurus words for "brilliant":
Attic, Daedalian, able, accomplished, adept, adroit, apt, artistic,
authoritative, beaming, beautiful, bedazzling, biting, blinding,
blooming, brainy, bravura, bright, bright and shining, bright-hued,
brim, brink, burning, celebrated, charismatic, clean, clever,
colorful, colory, competent, coordinated, coruscating, crack,
crackerjack, creative, cunning, cute, daedal, dazzling,
deep-colored, deft, devastating, dexterous, dextrous, diplomatic,
discerning, distinguished, divine, droll, edge, effulgent, eminent,
enlightened, erudite, excellent, exceptional, exotic, expert,
facetious, famous, fancy, flamboyant, flaming, fringe, fulgent,
fulgid, funny, garish, gay, gay-colored, gifted, glamorous,
glaring, glary, glittering, glorious, glowing, good, goodish,
gorgeous, graceful, handy, heavenly, hem, high-colored, humorous,
humorsome, illustrious, imaginative, incandescent, ingenious,
intelligent, intense, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joky,
joshing, keen, keen-witted, killing, knowing, knowledgeable,
lambent, learned, lucent, luminous, lustrous, magic, magisterial,
magnificent, margin, masterful, masterly, mordant, neat, nimble,
nimble-witted, no dumbbell, no mean, not born yesterday, noted,
numinous, outstanding, perimeter, periphery, pointed, politic,
professional, proficient, prominent, pungent, quick,
quick-thinking, quick-witted, quite some, radiant, rapier-like,
raving, ravishing, ready, refulgent, remarkable, renowned,
resourceful, resplendent, rich, rich-colored, sage, salt, salty,
scintillating, sharp, sharp-witted, shining, skillful, skirt,
slick, smart, some, sparkling, splendent, splendid, splendorous,
splendrous, sprightly, statesmanlike, steel-trap, striking,
stunning, stylish, sublime, superb, tactful, talented,
the compleat, the complete, twinkling, verge, virtuoso, vivid,
well-done, whimsical, wise, witty, workmanlike
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