radiant C2 Topic:Mind & Cognition US /ˈɹeɪ.di.ənt/ See IPA manual Freq #13503 Meanings 1 adj Radiating light and/or heat. The radiant sun. 2 adj Beaming with vivacity and happiness. A radiant face. 3 adj Strikingly beautiful. And yet she was ensnaringly beautiful, despite her pride and self-consciousness; radiant and certain of conquest she stood before the man who alone seemed to have neither eye nor ear for charms that had never elsewhere played her false. 4 adj Giving off rays. The sun radiant. Thesaurus Word family Forms radiantly Derived forms octoradiantradianceradiancyradiantlyradiantnesssubradiantsuperradiantunradiant Common collocations radiant heating Adjective + noun Etymology From Middle English radyant, from Latin radiāns, radiantis, present participle of radiāre (“to emit rays or beams”). Topics Mind & Cognition External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # radiant **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈɹeɪ.di.ənt/ **Frequency rank:** 13503 ## Meanings 1. Radiating light and/or heat. 2. Beaming with vivacity and happiness. 3. Strikingly beautiful. 4. Giving off rays. ## Examples - The radiant sun. - A radiant face. - And yet she was ensnaringly beautiful, despite her pride and self-consciousness; radiant and certain of conquest she stood before the man who alone seemed to have neither eye nor ear for charms that had never elsewhere played her false. - The sun radiant. ## Derived Forms - octoradiant - radiance - radiancy - radiantly - radiantness - subradiant - superradiant - unradiant ## Etymology From Middle English radyant, from Latin radiāns, radiantis, present participle of radiāre (“to emit rays or beams”). ## Topics - Mind & Cognition markdown