superbrilliant

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Etymology[edit]

super- +‎ brilliant

Adjective[edit]

superbrilliant (comparative more superbrilliant, superlative most superbrilliant)

  1. (rare) Extremely brilliant; of exceptional brilliance.
    • 1960, Hispanic Review[1], Department of Romance Languages of the University of Pennsylvania, page 30:
      In the section "Dios - Tinieblas" his thoughts turn about God the Eternal Father, the superbrilliant invisible sun, perceptible only as Dionysian divine darkness.
    • 1964, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Volumes 6-7[2], Catholic Biblical Association of America, page 155:
      The mystical initiation in the experimental knowledge of the love of God takes place according to Psuedo-Dionysiusm "in the superbrilliant darkness of the silence thatreveals mysteries."
    • 2019, Yvonne Kason, Touched by the Light: Exploring Spiritually Transformative Experiences[3], Dundurn Press, →ISBN:
      On came the superbrilliant light. It was not just a flash, and it did not stop. For a moment, I was terrified.