Friday 23 October 2009

Word of the Day

Lambent

–adjective

1.
running or moving lightly over a surface: lambent tongues of flame.
2. dealing lightly and gracefully with a subject; brilliantly playful: lambent wit.
3. softly bright or radiant: a lambent light

Origin:
1640–50; lapping, prp. of lambere to lick wash (said of water or fire)