Meaning of rutilance | Babel Free

Definitions

redness; a red glow; the quality of being rutilant

rare, uncountable, usually

Examples

“1918-22, James Joyce, Ulysses […] rolled it into a thin cylinder, ignited it in the candleflame, applied it when ignited to the apex of the cone till the latter reached the stage of rutilance […]”

“He used vegetal colorings for his works, thus, obtaining the rutilances of Van Dyck and that of Van Der Goss.”

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