(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:14:53

Bril"lian*cy (?), n. [See Brilliant.]

The quality of being brilliant; splendor; glitter; great brighness, whether in a literal or figurative sense.

With many readers brilliancy of style passes for affluence of thought. Longfellow.

 

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