[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brilliant \bril"liant\ bri^l"yant, a. f. brillant, p. pr.
   of briller to shine or sparkle cf. pr.  sp. brillar, it.
   brillare, fr. l. beryllus a precious stone of sea-green
   color, prov. it. brill. see beryl.
   1. sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a
      brilliant star.
      1913 webster

   2. distinguished by qualities which excite admiration;
      splendid; shining; as, brilliant talents.
      1913 webster

            washington was more solicitous to avoid fatal
            mistakes than to perform brilliant exploits.
                                                  --fisher ames.
      1913 webster

   3. exceedingly intelligent, or of distinguished
      accomplishment in a field; -- as, a brilliant chemist.
      pjc

   syn: see shining.
        1913 webster
see also:
beryl shining 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brilliant \bril"liant\, n. f. brillant. see brilliant, a.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            this snuffbox -- on the hinge see brilliants shine.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. print. the smallest size of type used in england
      printing.
      1913 webster

   note: this line is printed in the type called brilliant.
         1913 webster

   3. a kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.
      1913 webster
see also:
brilliant 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

brilliant
     adj 1: of surpassing excellence; "a brilliant performance"; "a
            superb actor" syn: superb
     2: having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence;
        "some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a
        brilliant solution to the problem" syn: brainy, smart
        as a whip
     3: characterized by or attended with brilliance or grandeur;
        "the brilliant court life at versailles"; "a glorious work
        of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid
        coronation ceremony" syn: glorious, magnificent, splendid
     4: having striking color; "bright greens"; "brilliant
        tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage" syn: bright, vivid
     5: full of light; shining intensely; "a brilliant star";
        "brilliant chandeliers"
     6: clear and sharp and ringing; "the bright sound of the
        trumpet section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets"
        syn: bright
see also:
superb brainy smart as a whip glorious magnificent splendid 
bright vivid 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

187 moby thesaurus words for "brilliant":
   attic, daedalian, able, accomplished, adept, adroit, apt, artistic,
   authoritative, beaming, beautiful, bedazzling, biting, blinding,
   blooming, brainy, bravura, bright, bright and shining, bright-hued,
   brim, brink, burning, celebrated, charismatic, clean, clever,
   colorful, colory, competent, coordinated, coruscating, crack,
   crackerjack, creative, cunning, cute, daedal, dazzling,
   deep-colored, deft, devastating, dexterous, dextrous, diplomatic,
   discerning, distinguished, divine, droll, edge, effulgent, eminent,
   enlightened, erudite, excellent, exceptional, exotic, expert,
   facetious, famous, fancy, flamboyant, flaming, fringe, fulgent,
   fulgid, funny, garish, gay, gay-colored, gifted, glamorous,
   glaring, glary, glittering, glorious, glowing, good, goodish,
   gorgeous, graceful, handy, heavenly, hem, high-colored, humorous,
   humorsome, illustrious, imaginative, incandescent, ingenious,
   intelligent, intense, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joky,
   joshing, keen, keen-witted, killing, knowing, knowledgeable,
   lambent, learned, lucent, luminous, lustrous, magic, magisterial,
   magnificent, margin, masterful, masterly, mordant, neat, nimble,
   nimble-witted, no dumbbell, no mean, not born yesterday, noted,
   numinous, outstanding, perimeter, periphery, pointed, politic,
   professional, proficient, prominent, pungent, quick,
   quick-thinking, quick-witted, quite some, radiant, rapier-like,
   raving, ravishing, ready, refulgent, remarkable, renowned,
   resourceful, resplendent, rich, rich-colored, sage, salt, salty,
   scintillating, sharp, sharp-witted, shining, skillful, skirt,
   slick, smart, some, sparkling, splendent, splendid, splendorous,
   splendrous, sprightly, statesmanlike, steel-trap, striking,
   stunning, stylish, sublime, superb, tactful, talented,
   the compleat, the complete, twinkling, verge, virtuoso, vivid,
   well-done, whimsical, wise, witty, workmanlike

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

brilliant
     
        one of five pedagogical languages based on markov
        algorithms, used in "nonpareil, a machine level machine
        independent language for the study of semantics", b. higman,
        ulics intl report no icsi 170, u london 1968.
     
        see also diamond, nonpareil, pearl, ruby.
     
     
see also:
markov algorithm diamond nonpareil pearl ruby 

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

brilliant, al town, fips 9424
  location: 34.01672 n, 87.77581 w
  population 1990: 751 366 housing units
  area: 7.8 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 35548
brilliant, oh village, fips 8812
  location: 40.26850 n, 80.62490 w
  population 1990: 1672 695 housing units
  area: 2.5 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 43913

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

brilliant, al -- u.s. town in alabama
   population 2000:    762
   housing units 2000: 402
   land area 2000:     3.437389 sq. miles 8.902796 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    3.437389 sq. miles 8.902796 sq. km
   fips code:            09424
   located within:       alabama al, fips 01
   location:             34.022764 n, 87.767372 w
   zip codes 1990:     35548
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    brilliant, al
    brilliant

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