rutilance

noun

rutilance

noun

Etymology French?

1

Rare, Usually redness; a red glow; the quality of being rutilant

  • 1918-22, James Joyce, Ulysses […] rolled it into a thin cylinder, ignited it in the candleflame, applied it when ignited to the apex of the cone till the latter reached the stage of rutilance […]
  • He used vegetal colorings for his works, thus, obtaining the rutilances of Van Dyck and that of Van Der Goss.1945, Melitón Salazar Monroy, Santa Monica, museum of religious art in Puebla:
Related terms
rutilant, rutilation

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