brilliants
- 1Plural of brilliant.
The jeweler appraised a tray of loose brilliants under bright lamps.
Several brilliants had come loose from the antique necklace.
Note
One regular plural serves several quite different nouns. On a jeweler's tray, brilliants are faceted gems, usually diamonds. To a naturalist, they are hummingbirds of the genus Heliodoxa. In cloth, they are figured cotton goods. Context does the sorting. The dated printer's size between excelsior and diamond is a mass noun and rarely needs a plural, and the adjective meaning "shining brightly" never takes -s at all.
brilliants is a form of brilliant
brilliant, noun: A finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond, shaped with many facets to maximize the light returned through its flat top face. Full entry
- Forms
- brilliantbrilliants plural
- Spelling
- brilliant → brilliants: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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