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Definition bright

Etymology

From Middle English bright, from Old English bryht, a metathetic variant of byrht, beorht, berht (“bright”), from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (compare Scots bricht, Dutch brecht (in personal names), Norwegian bjart, Icelandic bjartur (“bright”)), from pre-Celtic/Germanic *b?erHgto (compare Welsh berth (“beautiful”)), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ereg- (“to gleam, whiten”). Compare Middle Irish brafad (“blink of an eye”), Lithuanian brekšta (“to dawn”), Russian ????? (brezg, “dawn, daybreak”), Albanian bardhë (“white”), Persian ???????‎ (barâzidan), Sanskrit ??????? (bhrájate).

Adjective

bright (comparative brighter, superlative brightest)

1. Visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, clear, radiant; not dark.
2. Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
3. Vivid, colourful, brilliant.
4. Happy, in good spirits.
5. Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; cheerful.
6. Illustrious; glorious.
7. Clear; transparent.
8. (archaic) Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain.

Noun

bright (plural brights)

1. An artist's brush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.
2. (obsolete) splendour; brightness
3. (neologism) A person with a naturalistic worldview with no supernatural or mystical elements.
4. (US, in the plural) The high-beam intensity of motor vehicle headlamps.

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