coruscating (en)

(verb) to give off or reflect light in bright beams or flashes; sparkle / (verb) to be brilliant or showy in technique or style

hagiography (en)

relating to the writing of the lives of saints; (derogatory) adulatory writing about another person

interstice (en)

(noun) an intervening space

liminal (en)

ambiguous; occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold