coruscate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb reflect brightly
    sparkle; scintillate.
    • Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside
  2. verb be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
    sparkle; scintillate.
    • The musical performance sparkled
    • A scintillating conversation
    • his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall

WordNet

Cor"us*cate intransitive verb
Etymology
L. coruscare to flash, vibrate.
Definitions
  1. To glitter in flashes; to flash. Syn. -- To glisten; gleam; sparkle; radiate.

Webster 1913