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lambert | lambent |

As a noun lambert

is (physics) a cgs unit of luminance; the brightness of a surface that emits one lumen per square centimetre.

As an adjective lambent is

or flickering gently over a surface.

lambert

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • ; in modern use partly transferred back from the surname.
  • A lunar impact crater.

    • Quotations

    * 1597 William Shakespeare: Richard II : Act I, Scene I : *: At Coventry, upon Saint Lambert' s day: *: There shall your swords and lances arbitrate *: The swelling difference of your settled hate

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    lambent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • or flickering gently over a surface.
  • * 1800 , , The Task'', Book VI: "The Winter Walk at Noon", ''Poems , J. Johnson, page 232,
    • No foe to man / Lurks in the ?erpent now: the mother ?ees, / And ?miles to ?ee, her infant's playful hand / Stretch'd forth to dally with the cre?ted worm, / To ?troke his azure neck, or to receive / The lambent homage of his arrowy tongue.
  • * 1977 , , Lord Foul’s Bane , page 77
    • “As they walked together between the houses, Lena’s smooth arm brushed his. His skin felt lambent at the touch.”
  • Glowing or luminous, but lacking heat.
    • The lambent glow of fireflies delighted the children.
  • * 1839 , , Black and Armstrong, page 127,
    • The Witch, with much ceremony, fills the basin. As FAUST is about to raise it to his lips, it emits a clear flame.
    MEPHISTOPHELES. Quick! quickly down with it!—no breathing time allowed! […] And does a lambent flame prevent thee quaff?
  • *
  • Exhibiting lightness or brilliance of wit; clever or witty without unkindness.
    • We appreciated her lambent comments.

    Antonyms

    * (light wit) biting, cutting

    Derived terms

    * lambency * lambently ----