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Definition of Effulgent
1. Adjective. Radiating or as if radiating light. "A refulgent sunset"
Similar to: Bright
Derivative terms: Beam, Effulgence, Radiance, Radiancy, Radiate, Radiate, Radiate, Refulgence, Refulgency
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
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Effulgent
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Effulgent
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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