Definition of Brilliant

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Brilliant

Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star.

Distinguished by qualities which excite admiration; splendid; shining; as, brilliant talents.

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 table, which is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with facets on the surface, and is flat below.

The smallest size of type used in England printing.

A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.

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Brilliant Quotations

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
Winston Churchill

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.
Winston Churchill

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.
Bill Gates

The Bee Gees who are brilliant, I just love great music.
Michael Jackson

The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.
Salvador Dali

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
Carl Jung

Jonathan is that brilliant little fire that burns within us all, that lives only for those moments when we reach perfection.
Richard Bach

You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.
Lee Iacocca

What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing. If you don't you're as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn't there, and no chain of reasoning, no matter how logical or elegant or brilliant, will win your case for you.
Lyndon B. Johnson

Brilliant Translations

brilliant in Afrikaans is blink, pragtig, skitterend
brilliant in Dutch is glanzend, lumineus, briljant
brilliant in Finnish is loistava
brilliant in German is brillant
brilliant in Italian is geniale, fastoso
brilliant in Portuguese is brilhante
brilliant in Spanish is lucido, genial
brilliant in Swedish is spirituell, lysande, genial, snillrik

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