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A.Word.A.Day--scintillescent

It's human nature to seek patterns: some find the shapes of elephants in the clouds, the face of Jesus in a piece of burnt tortilla, and spelling coincidences in the names of Kennedy and Lincoln assassins.

There's a pattern, too, in this week's words, even if it's not very apparent. Can you find it? If you think you know the answer, email it to wordsATwordsmith.org (replace AT with @). One entry per person, please. The first person to identify it correctly wins an autographed copy of the book "Another Word A Day" by yours truly. Results will be announced in AWADmail this weekend.

scintillescent (sint-uh-LES-uhnt) adjective

Sparkling or twinkling.

[From Latin scintillare (to sparkle), from scintilla (spark).]

"She tried to discern his thoughts as they stood in the scintillescent moonlight, the dark forest pressing in on them."
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro; A Feast In Exile; Tor Books; 2002.

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