Definition of Effulgent

1. Adjective. Radiating or as if radiating light. "A refulgent sunset"


Definition of Effulgent

1. a. Diffusing a flood of light; shining; luminous; beaming; bright; splendid.

Definition of Effulgent

1. Adjective. shining, resplendent, with radiant splendor ¹

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Definition of Effulgent

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Effulgent

effrayable
effrays
effront
effronted
effronteries
effrontery
effronting
effrontit
effronts
effrontuously
effs
effulge
effulged
effulgence
effulgences
effulgent (current term)
effulgently
effulges
effulging
effumability
effume
effumed
effumes
effuming
effund
effunded
effunding
effunds
effuse
effused

Literary usage of Effulgent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"Three times unclouded Jove omnipotent In thunder spoke, and, with effulgent ray From his ethereal tract outreaching far, Shook visibly the golden-gleaming ..."

2. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Guizot (François), Léopold Delisle (1853)
"the apostle was surrounded, for the space of an hour, with a light so effulgent that no eye could bear to look on it. It was then discovered that the grave ..."

3. Through South America's Southland: With an Account of the Roosevelt by John Augustine Zahm (1916)
"... mazes of silver by the effulgent moonbeams. The cadenced voice of the meandering stream—or was it that of the mac d'agua, the beauteous siren of ..."

4. The Hammersmith Protestant Discussion: Being an Authenticated Report of the by John Cumming, Daniel French (1852)
"... aid to unfurl their banners, streaming with effulgent light from the gb- nous beams of the Sun of righteousness, who riseth with healing in Lis wings ..."

5. Tricolored Sketches in Paris: During the Years 1851-2-3 by Frank Boott Goodrich (1855)
"... THEIR NAMES—effulgent COTTON DUCK. December 2nd, 1852. THE Corps Legislatif concluded the operation of regulating the vote of the nation yesterday—and, ..."

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