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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
brilliant/ˈbrɪliənt/

▶adjective

1 (of light or colour) very bright or vivid.

2 exceptionally clever or talented.

3 Brit. informal excellent; marvellous.

▶noun a diamond of brilliant cut.

– derivatives
brilliance (also brilliancy) noun,
brilliantly adverb.

– origin C17: from Fr. brillant, from briller ‘shine’, prob. ult. from L. beryllus (see beryl).

'brilliant' also found in these Oxford entries:

brilliant cut - brilliantine - California poppy - chrome - cock-of-the-rock - éclat - electric blue - flame - flame tree - germ - gleam - inspiration - magnesium flare - pyrotechnic - scarlet - scintillating - tartrazine - ultramarine - vermilion

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