Rutilant
/ˈruːtɪlənt/noun
Shining or glowing with a reddish-gold or tawny color.
Did you know?Rutilant descends from Latin rutilus, a word for a reddish shine often used for hair, gold, and the glowing color of something caught in light, not just ordinary redness.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*reudʰ-
“to be red, ruddy”
Latin
Latin
rutilus
“reddish, golden-red, glowing red”
Late Latin
Latin
rutilāns
“glowing red; shining with a reddish color”
17th Century
French
rutilant
“shining red-gold; glittering”
Modern English
English
rutilant
“shining or glowing with a reddish-gold color”