• adjective:   characterized by or attended with brilliance or grandeur

  Example: "The brilliant court life at Versailles"

• adjective:   of surpassing excellence

  Example: "A brilliant performance"

• adjective:   full of light; shining intensely

  Example: "A brilliant star"

• adjective:   having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence

  Example: "A brilliant mind"

• adjective:   clear and sharp and ringing

  Example: "The brilliant sound of the trumpets"

• adjective:   having striking color

  Example: "Brilliant tapestries"

• name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #48118)

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