It's The Word of the Day for October 9.
Today's word is Coruscate, spelled C-O-R-U-S-C-A-T-E.
Coruscate is a verb.
To coruscate is to give off or reflect light in bright beams or flashes.
Coruscate is used as a synonym of the word sparkle and may be used also to mean to be brilliant or showy in technique or style.
Here's the word used in a sentence from the New York Times.
The show is beautifully laid out.
It's installed in a small dark semi-circular gallery with jewelry in vitrines spotlighted against a black acetate and plexiglass.
The diamonds glint and coruscate as you move across the displays.
Earth, wind and fire in Shining Star saying, you're a shining star no matter who you are.
It's not only a coruscating gem of funk and soul,
but one that serves as a handy and catchy way to remember the dual uses of the verb coruscate.
This formal sounding synonym of sparkle comes from the Latin verb coruscare, meaning to flash.
Originally, Coruscate was used only literally, applied when things,
such as shining stars, glitter or gleam.
As when Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote in his 1852 short story about a scarecrow,
Feathertop, that the star kept corresponding on Feathertop's breast.
Eventually, Coruscate gained figurative use.
applying to those human shining stars who may be said to have a co-rescading wit or co-rescading brilliance,
or to things such as satires, performances, or prose that are metaphorically brilliant.