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