BRIGHT, BRIGHTNESS (light)
ADJECTIVES
1000 ► FAW bright, glancing, gleaming, twinkling; said of objects that reflect light → obs.
1000 ► SHEEN bright, shining, resplendent
1300 ► FAIR bright, light, shining → obs.
1300 ► GAY bright or lively-looking, esp. in colour; brilliant, showy
1340 ► BREME bright, brilliant, shining; hence, clearly seen, evident, apparent, obvious → obs.
1400 ► LUCIDENT bright, glowing with or giving off light, lucent → obs.
1420 ► LUCULENT bright, full of light, clear, shining
1475 ► FULGENT shining brightly, radiant; glittering; resplendent
1481 ► NET bright, clear; clean, free from filth, etc. → obs.
1485 ► ILLUMINOUS bright, illuminatory → obs.
1500 ► LUCENT bright, shining, luminous
1500 ► RADIOUS bright, radiant → obs.
1560 ► FACULENT bright, clear; giving forth light like a torch → obs.
1565 ► SHEER bright; shining → obs.
1588 ► SUNBEAMED bright as the sun; genial, kind → obs.
1591 ► LUCID bright, shining, luminous, resplendent → poetic usage
1591 ► NEAT bright, clear → obs.
1605 ► ILLUSTRIOUS bright, luminous, shining, lustrous → obs.
1610 ► FULGID shining brightly, radiant; glittering; resplendent
1623 ► LUCIBLE bright, glowing with or giving off light, lucent
1634 ► SIDEREAL bright, lustrous; star-like
1634 ► SUN-CLAD bright as the sun → poetic usage
1635 ► VEHEMENT intensely bright; vivid → obs.
1656 ► SIDEREAN bright, like stars, shining
1664 ► QUICK bright, vivid, dazzling; said of colour
1772 ► FULGOROUS shining brightly, radiant; glittering; resplendent
1778 ► VEEVE → VIEVE → VIVE bright, clear, vivid, distinctly seen or heard, not blurred or faint; said of sights, sounds, colours, memories, etc. → Sc.
1804 ► GAIRIE → GAIRY of bright or variegated colour, gaudy → Sc.
1837 ► SMOLT bright, shining; smooth, polished → Eng. dial.
1849 ► SUNBEAMY bright as the sun
1852 ► AFLASH briefly or intermittently bright; flashing → literary usage
1873 ► BLICANT bright, shining → Eng. dial.
1894 ► NAPPY bright, cheerful; said of a place → Sc.
1904 ► SCARVISH bright, clear → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
1915 ► GALLIERT brightly coloured, gaudy → Sc.
NOUNS
1175 ► LEAM brightness, gleam; light, flame; a flash, ray, or gleam of light → obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1449 ► GAYNESS brightness of colour, dressiness, display, pomp → obs.
1592 ► FULGENCE brightness, splendour
1600 ► FULGOR → FULGOUR dazzling brightness; splendour; a bright light, a dazzling beam
1634 ► FULGURE dazzling brightness; splendour, a bright light, a dazzling beam → obs.
1643 ► FULGENCY brightness, splendour
1656 ► FULGIDITY brightness, radiance → obs.
1656 ► LUCULENCY brightness, beauty → obs.
1721 ► FULGURITY brightness, splendour, a shining, glistering → obs.
1727 ► FACULENCE brightness, clearness → obs.
1880 ► CANDESCENCE dazzling brightness or whiteness
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