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effulgent

ef·ful·gent

UK/ɪˈfʌldʒ(ə)nt/ US/ɛ-/ uncommon literary

adjective

1.

radiating or as if radiating light

  • “the beaming sun”
  • “the effulgent daffodils”
  • “a radiant sunrise”
  • “a refulgent sunset”
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Origin

From Latin effulgēns (“flashing, glittering”), present participle of effulgeō (“to shine or gleam forth, flash, glitter”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘out; away’)) + fulgeō (“to flash, gleam, glisten, glitter, shine”) (from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny; white”)). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin fulg(ere) + -ent.

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