relucent means shining with reflected light.
Why “relucent” is a great word
Shining with reflected light; gleaming. From the Latin *relūcēns*, present participle of *relūcēre*, from *re-* ("back, again") + *lūcēre* ("to shine"). Earliest documented use: 1487. Unlike "luminous," which describes a source that emits its own radiance, or "opaque," which swallows light and returns nothing, relucent is a borrowed glory. It is the sheen of wet pebbles at low tide, the quiet metallic glimmer of a knife left on a table by a window, the cool gleam of moonlight on a still lake—a quiet, secondary radiance of things that do not burn, but remember.
Etymology
From Latin relūcent-, relūcēns, present participle of relucēre.
adj
- shining with reflected light.e.g.“The relucent lake glittered, sparkling playfully, with the hues of dusk.”