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averygoodun42 ([personal profile] averygoodun42) wrote2011-10-04 10:02 pm
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Help? Looking for a word...

We have the definition, but we forgot the word itself. And can't find it in a basic search of dictionary and thesaurus.

Anyway, oh those of superlative vocabularies, do you know the word that means, approximately, "The rippling sheen of light as caused by tree leaves moving in the wind."

Yes, there is an English word for it. Honest.

Thanks in advance!
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[identity profile] pern-dragon.livejournal.com 2011-10-05 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
That's what came to mind for me too.

[identity profile] averygoodun.livejournal.com 2011-10-05 11:41 am (UTC)(link)
Coruscating! to give off or reflect light in bright beams or flashes

[identity profile] averygoodun.livejournal.com 2011-10-05 11:39 am (UTC)(link)
Nope, "coruscating"! Shiv got it!

[identity profile] geminiscorp.livejournal.com 2011-10-05 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Thats what came to my mind too.

[identity profile] averygoodun.livejournal.com 2011-10-05 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
Coruscating is the word I was trying to think of! Shiv wins the world again!
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[personal profile] madeleone 2011-10-05 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
Shimmer or glimmer comes to mind, but not sure if that's what you're looking for.

[identity profile] averygoodun.livejournal.com 2011-10-05 11:38 am (UTC)(link)
Nope. Shiv got it with "coruscating"!

[identity profile] shiv5468.livejournal.com 2011-10-05 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
Scintillating or coruscating?

[identity profile] averygoodun.livejournal.com 2011-10-05 11:37 am (UTC)(link)
*twirls you around* Coruscating it is!

Thank you!!!!

[identity profile] junewilliams7.livejournal.com 2011-10-05 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Leave it to the Brits to know the exact proper word! And a lawyer to boot. Yay, Shiv!

[identity profile] ashfae.livejournal.com 2011-10-06 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
*loves this whole conversation*
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