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

scintillate \scin"tillate\, v. i. imp.  p. p. scintillated;
   p. pr.  vb. n. scintillating. l. scintillare,
   scintillatum, from scintilla a spark. cf. stencil.
   1. to emit sparks, or fine igneous particles.
      1913 webster

            as the electrical globe only scintillates when
            rubbed against its cushion.           --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

   2. to sparkle, as the fixed stars.
      1913 webster
see also:
scintillated scintillating stencil 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

scintillating
     adj 1: brilliantly clever; "scintillating wit"; "a play full of
            scintillating dialogue"
     2: marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile
        effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality";
        "sparkling conversation"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders"
        syn: bubbling, effervescent, sparkling, sparkly
     3: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle
        beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";
        "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop
        window full of glittering christmas trees"; "glittery
        costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating
        stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is
        an archaic term" syn: aglitterp, coruscant, fulgid,
         glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant,
         sparklinga, sparkly
see also:
bubbling effervescent sparkling sparkly aglitterp coruscant 
fulgid glinting glistering glittering glittery 
scintillant sparklinga 

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

119 moby thesaurus words for "scintillating":
   attic, ablaze, adroit, afire, aflame, aflicker, aglow, alight, apt,
   ardent, biting, blazing, blinking, blinky, brainy, bright,
   brilliant, burning, candent, candescent, clever, comburent,
   conflagrant, coruscant, coruscating, dazzling, dexterous, droll,
   dynamic, effervescent, effulgent, engaging, entrancing, exciting,
   facetious, fascinating, flagrant, flaming, flaring, flashing,
   flickering, fuming, funny, gifted, gleaming, glimmering,
   glimmerous, glimmery, glistening, glistering, glittering, glittery,
   glowing, good, guttering, humorous, humorsome, ignescent, ignited,
   in a blaze, in a glow, in flames, incandescent, inflamed,
   invigorating, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joky, joshing,
   keen, keen-witted, kindled, live, lively, living, lustrous,
   mordant, nimble, nimble-witted, no dumbbell, not born yesterday,
   on fire, pointed, pungent, quick, quick-thinking, quick-witted,
   radiant, rapier-like, reeking, salt, salty, scintillant,
   scintillescent, sharp, sharp-witted, shimmering, shimmery, shining,
   smart, smoking, smoldering, spangly, sparking, sparkling,
   sprightly, steel-trap, stimulating, talented, tinselly, twinkling,
   twinkly, unextinguished, unquenched, vivacious, whimsical, witty

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