1. to give off or reflect bright beams or flashes of light; to sparkle
Usage: formal
2. to be brilliant or showy in technique or style
Usage: formal; figurative

Examples

• The diamonds coruscated in the bright sunlight.
• Stars coruscate in the clear night sky.
• The wet pavement coruscated under the streetlights.
• Her wit coruscated throughout the evening’s conversation.
• The pianist’s fingers coruscated across the keys during the virtuoso passage.
• The crystal chandelier coruscated as it caught the candlelight.
• His brilliant arguments coruscated during the debate.