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brilliance

noun
/ˈbɹɪljən(t)s/

Etymology

From brilliant + -ance. Compare French brillance.

  1. derived from βήρυλλος
  2. derived from berillus
  3. derived from brillare
  4. borrowed from brillant
  5. suffixed as brilliance — “brilliant + ance”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being exceptionally effulgent (giving off light).

  2. The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity.

  3. Magnificence

    Magnificence; resplendence.

    • What brilliance it took from Harry Kane to control the cross and place the ball into the top corner.

The neighborhood

Derived

overbrilliance, superbrilliance

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at brilliance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01brilliance02capacity03capability04user05licensee06granted07syllogistic08syllogism09artifice10ingenious

A definitional loop anchored at brilliance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at brilliance

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA