Obs. Also 7 brillain. [F. brillant sb., brilliance, brilliancy (subst. use of brillant BRILLIANT.)] Brilliancy.
1676. Etheredge, Man of Mode, III. ii. (1684), 36. The brillain of so much good language, Sir, has much more power than the little beauty I can boast.
1678. T. Rymer, Trag. of Age, 6. He gives a lustre and brillant which dazzles the sight.
