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radiant.

Radiating light and/or heat.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɹeɪ.di.ənt/
  1. Radiating light and/or heat.

    the radiant sun
  2. Emitted as radiation.

  3. Beaming with vivacity and happiness.

    figuratively
    a radiant face
  4. Strikingly beautiful.

    figuratively
  5. Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.

  6. Giving off rays.

    the sun radiant
    a crown radiant
  7. Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English radyant, from Latin radiāns, radiantis, present participle of radiāre (“to emit rays or beams”).

noun/ˈɹeɪ.di.ənt/
  1. A point source from which radiation is emitted.

  2. The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.

  3. A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English radyant, from Latin radiāns, radiantis, present participle of radiāre (“to emit rays or beams”).

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