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scintillate
scintillate:
see
tinsel
scintillate (v.)
1620s, from Latin
scintillatus
, past participle of
scintillare
"to sparkle, glitter, gleam, flash," from
scintilla
"spark" (see
scintilla
). Related:
Scintillated
;
scintillating
.