noun
effulgence
Effulgence (noun) means a dazzling brightness and splendour.
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A dazzling brightness and splendour.
"These jewels, drinking in the sunshine by day, gave it forth during the hours of darkness in a radiance of pink light and a soft effulgence as of moonbeams."
— Eric Rücker Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance (1922)
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Etymology
Traces to Latin ex- (“out of, from”) combined with fulgere (“to shine”). By surface analysis it is formed from ef- + Latin fulg(ere) + -ence.
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What is the meaning of effulgence?
"effulgence" (noun) means a dazzling brightness and splendour.
What is another word for effulgence?
Other words for "effulgence" include refulgency, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, shine.
What is the opposite of effulgence?
The opposite of "effulgence" is darkness.
