brilliancy
Noun
Meaning
a quality that outshines the usual
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All these things are occasionally true, but they are trifles in comparison to the wealth of character he portrayed, to his brilliancy of wit, and to the resourcefulness of his technique.
His early studies were made with marked brilliancy at the University of Padua where, in 1627, he earned a doctorate in canon and civil law.
Classical heroes seeAlso A classical hero is considered to be a "warrior who lives and dies in the pursuit of honor" and asserts his or her greatness by "the brilliancy and efficiency with which they kill".