Adjective : lambent tongues of flame. ,lambent wit. ,a lambent light. From Dictionary.com.
Such lives as his are of necessity ignes fatui, playing lambently upon the mere surface of things but leaving no lasting mark. From Wordnik.com. [Black day in July] Reference
Instead of the fierce light beating about a throne, it played lambently upon a sty. From Wordnik.com. [Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 3: Byron] Reference
Though he addressed Miss Thusa, his glances played lambently on Mittie's face, and told her the meaning of his words. From Wordnik.com. [Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel] Reference
That tinge is what gives its strange glitter to his fooling; madness playing safely and lambently around the stoutest common sense. From Wordnik.com. [Figures of Several Centuries] Reference
One day a boy who dwelt in the palace fell asleep in its portico, and as he lay there some attendants who passed by saw a flame playing lambently around his head. From Wordnik.com. [Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality] Reference
As would appear from verse 33, the tongues of fire remained lambently glowing on each head ( 'which ye see'), and the whole hundred and twenty, thus strangely crowned, were pouring out rapturous praises, each in some strange tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts] Reference
They unfolded herself for her -- these friendly ones -- as she could not do; out of her bluntness grew a graciousness that lay softly over it; the cloud itself melted away and floated off; and Desire began to sparkle again more lambently. From Wordnik.com. [Real Folks] Reference
Medusae gorged; pulsing lambently; their wondrous colours shifting, changing, glowing stronger; elfin moons now indeed, but satellites whose glimmering beauty was fed by death; alembics of enchantment whose glorious hues were sucked from horror. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon Pool] Reference
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