brilliancy

CEFRC1

/ˈbɹɪljənsi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Great brightness or exceptional skill.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A spectacular and beautiful game of chess, generally featuring sacrificial attacks and unexpected moves.

Examples

  • His brilliancy lay in combining old concepts from far-flung fields into a new idea.

  • The diamonds shone with incredible brilliancy under the shop lights.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An act of being brilliant.

  2. A shining quality; brilliance.

More examples

In context

  • 2013, Hannah Eichler, The Key to Brilliancy: How to Unlock Your Child's Genius

  • The beauty and brilliancy of this insect are indescribable, and none but a naturalist can understand the intense excitement I experienced when I at length captured it.

  • […] to assist greatly in the consumption of the lamp, and to diminish the aqueous precipitations produced on the interior of the lantern glass, which has the effect of reducing more or less the brilliancy of the light.

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Origin

noun

From brilliant + -ancy; attested earlier than brilliance. Compare French brillance.