SuaviloquyToday’s word

brilliancy

Brilliancy, n.

Etymology: [See Brilliant.]

The quality of being brilliant; splendor; glitter; great brighness, whether in a literal or figurative sense. With many readers brilliancy of style passes for affluence of thought. Longfellow.

Shades of meaning

Fernald lists brilliancy only as an antonym, under idiocy, stupidity.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.

Synonyms

none given