adj
effulgent
Effulgent (adj) means shining brightly and splendidly.
adj
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Shining brightly and splendidly.
"Margaret, aged six, entered her kindergarten after many days' absence, with so effulgent a face as must kindle curiosity in the dullest."
— May Byron, The Little Girl (1904)
"Except for the faintest tinge of olive, her cheeks were colorless, yet they spoke of perfect health, and shone with that same pale, effulgent glow, like the reflection of a late sun."
— Rex Ellingwood Beach, The Golden Girl (1912)
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Etymology
Comes from Latin effulgēns (“flashing, glittering”), the present participle of effulgeō (“to shine or gleam forth, flash, glitter”), itself formed from ē- (a variant of the prefix ex-, meaning ‘out; away’) and fulgeō (“to flash, gleam, glisten, glitter, shine”), which goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny; white”). By surface analysis, it is built from ef- + Latin fulg(ere) + -ent.
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What is the meaning of effulgent?
"effulgent" (adj) means shining brightly and splendidly.
What is another word for effulgent?
Other words for "effulgent" include beamy, radiant, beaming, refulgent.
What is the opposite of effulgent?
The opposite of "effulgent" is dark.
