-nt adjective
Etymology: Latin lambent-, lambens, present participle of lambere to lick — more at lap
1. : playing lightly on or over a surface : gliding over : wavering, flickering
a fire of resinous wood … began to crackle and throw lambent shadows about the brass andirons — Hervey Allen
2. : softly bright or radiant
her eyes are lambent with love — Francis Yeats-Brown
3. : light and brilliant
the play of the author's lambent wit reminds one of the effect of sunshine on rippling water — B.R.Redman
the coda … is brisk and lambent — Vernon Young
Synonyms: see bright