coruscation

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Nor is there now any blinding coruscation of genius.

From Time Magazine Archive

—H. A. B. asks at the end of his Note, "Why a coruscation of joy, upon a wedding day, should forebode evil?" and "Whether any other instances are on record of its so doing?"

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 95, August 23, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Then may thine eyes flow with the tears of joy because of the coruscation of the fire of the heart and may thy soul and thy spirit be attracted to the Beauty of the Beloved.”

From Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá

But seen, even under their pale fitful coruscation, its beauty is beyond question.

From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne

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