coruscation

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Nor is there now any blinding coruscation of genius.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gleams of lightning at intervals flashed over the sward; or, in fitful coruscation, illumined the deep arcades of the forest—the beeches, for a moment, appearing burnished by the blaze.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne

It is about one quarter as broad as the full moon, and our largest aperture reveals the faint coruscation of its crowded components.

From Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Serviss, Garrett Putman

He was wont to declare, and no one was inclined to contradict him, that whenever she appeared, something like a bright coruscation seemed to flash upon the eye.

From The Vicar of Wrexhill by Trollope, Mrs

The jewel was supported on a delicate spring which vibrated with each step upon the floor, so that there was a constant coruscation of light around it.

From Stories about Famous Precious Stones by Orpen, Mrs Goddard