Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lambent

Lambent , adjective

[Latin lambens, -enlis, present participle of lambere to lick; akin to lap. See Lap to drink by licking.]

1.
Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.
A lambent flame. — Dryden
A lambent style. — Beaconsfield
2.
Twinkling or gleaming; fickering.
The lambent purity of the stars. — W. Irving