1. brilliant - Noun
2. brilliant - Adjective
4. brilliant - Adjective Satellite
Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star.
Distinguished by qualities which excite admiration; splendid; shining; as, brilliant talents.
A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with facets on the surface, and is flat below.
The smallest size of type used in England printing.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThere's nothing worse than a brilliant beginning. Pablo Picasso
I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns. Winston Churchill
A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame. Boris Yeltsin
The thousand brilliant accomplishments of the past cannot serve today's purpose. Tibetan Proverb
A brilliant daughter make a brittle wife. Dutch Proverb
Gems are polished by rubbing, just as men are made brilliant by trials. Chinese Proverb