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A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage. Milton.

brings or gives renown; an object of pride or boast; the occasion of praise; excellency; brilliancy; splendor. Think it no glory to swell in tyranny. Sir P. Sidney. Jewels lose their glory if neglected. Shak. Your sex's glory 't is to shine unknown. Young.

That which irradiates or is irradiated; luster; splendor; irradiation; brilliancy. Milton.

Illumination; irradiance; brilliancy. Sir W. Scott.

A South African bulbous plant of the Iris family, remarkable for the brilliancy of its flowers.

Brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter. The right mark and very true luster of the diamond. Sir T. More. The scorching sun was mounted high, In all its luster, to the noonday sky. Addison.

mulletus) of Southern Europe. The former is the mullet of the Romans. It is noted for the brilliancy of its colors. See Surmullet. French mullet. See Ladyfish (a).

Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; -- used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those found in the Orient are generally superior.

An alloy, chiefly of copper and zinc or tin, resembling gold in color and brilliancy. [Written also oreide.]

The quality of being radiant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid brightness; as, the radiance of the sun. Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned. Milton. What radiancy of glory, What light beyond compare ! Neale.

Luster; special brilliancy of surface; -- used esp. in ceramics to denote the peculiar metallic brilliancy seen in lustered pottery such as majolica; as, silver reflet; gold reflet.

The quality of being refulgent; brilliancy; splender; radiance.

Affected with blindness by the brilliancy of snow. -- Snow"-blind`ness, n.

Gold; -- so called from its brilliancy, color, and value. Chaucer.

Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond.

Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun. B. Jonson.

To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors.

To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors.

Like or resembling the sun. "A spot of sunlike brilliancy." Tyndall.

An Australian lorikeet (Trichoglossus multicolor) remarkable for the variety and brilliancy of its colors; -- called also blue- bellied lorikeet, and blue-bellied parrot.