| a. | 1. | Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; |
| 2. | Distinguished by qualities which excite admiration; splendid; shining; | |
| 3. | Exceedingly intelligent, or of distinguished accomplishment in a field; - | |
| n. | 1. | A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the middle, or top, a principal face, called the |
| 2. | (Print.) The smallest size of type used in England printing. | |
| 3. | A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving. |
| Adj. | 1. | brilliant - of surpassing excellence; "a brilliant performance"; "a superb actor" Synonyms: superb |
| 2. | brilliant - having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence; "some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a brilliant solution to the problem" Synonyms: brainy, smart as a whip | |
| 3. | brilliant - characterized by or attended with brilliance or grandeur; "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony" | |
| 4. | brilliant - having striking color; "bright greens"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage" | |
| 5. | brilliant - full of light; shining intensely; "a brilliant star"; "brilliant chandeliers" | |
| 6. | brilliant - clear and sharp and ringing; "the bright sound of the trumpet section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets" Synonyms: bright |
| Brilliant - One of five pedagogical languages based on Markov
algorithms, used in ["Nonpareil, a Machine Level Machine
Independent Language for the Study of Semantics", B. Higman,
ULICS Intl Report No ICSI 170, U London (1968)]. See also Diamond, Nonpareil, Pearl, Ruby. |