coruscation

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Nor is there now any blinding coruscation of genius.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lowenorn, recognized the coruscation of the polar light in bright sunshine, 196.

From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von

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 successive discharges occur of course in different places, and the state of things before, at, and after a single coruscation or brush can be exceedingly well separated.

From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael

But the lady took it as a coruscation of rustic wit, and laughed.

From The Revellers by Tracy, Louis