Thursday, December 10, 2009

Lambent

Lambent: Lambent is a gentle light, flickering or faint from a Latin root meaning lick.
The lambent reflections of the streetlights played over their faces as they regarded each other in the half-light of the taxi.
A Book for Today: Contagion by Robin Cook

She faced the window, and the morning sun fell lambent over her profile.
A Book for Today: Serena by Ron Rash

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