Adjective

(en adjective)

That scintillates with brief flashes of light; sparkling.

* 1994 , (Edward St Aubyn), Bad News , Picador 2006, p. 147:

On the scintillating water yellow and blue boats bobbed up and down.

* 2012 , (The Economist), 13 Oct 2012, Obituary: Nguyen Chi Thien , citing (Nguyen Chi Thien)

They sank me into the ocean / Wishing me to remain in the depths. / I became a deep sea diver / And came up covered with scintillating pearls.

Brilliantly or impressively clever, exciting, amusing or witty.

* 1864 , (Edgar Allen Poe),

Her sketches and tales may be said to be cleverly written. They are lively, easy, conventional, scintillating with a species of sarcastic wit, which might be termed good were it in any respect original.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 29, author=Ian Hughes, work=BBC

, title= Southampton 1-2 Man Utd , passage=The hosts maintained their discipline and shape, even threatening to grab a second goal on the break - left-back Dan Harding made a scintillating run, skipping past a few challenges before prodding a right-footed shot that did not match his build-up. }}

Adjective

(er)

Having the taste of pepper.

Having a fiery temperament.

a peppery old Army major

*1884 ,

For I'm a peppery potentate, \ Who's little inclined his claim to bate, \ To fit the wit of a bit of a chit, \ And that's the long and the short of it!