English
Etymology
Latin rutilant-, present participle of rutilare, from rutilus �reddish�.

Pronunciation
IPA: /'ru:tɪl�nt/

Adjective
rutilant

1. shining or glowing with red light

#:*1922: Mother�s milk, Purefoy, the milk of human kin, milk too of those burgeoning stars overhead, rutilant in thin rainvapour, punch milk, such as those rioters will quaff in their guzzlingden, milk of madness, the honeymilk of Canaan�s land. � James Joyce, Ulysses

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