Effulgent

Quick meaning: Effulgent is an adjective meaning (literary, also figuratively) Radiant, resplendent, shining.

Meaning

(literary, also figuratively) Radiant, resplendent, shining.

Example Sentences

Margaret, aged six, entered her kindergarten after many days' absence, with so effulgent a face as must kindle curiosity in the dullest.

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.

Thus all day long the full-diſtended clouds / Indulge their genial ſtores, and well-ſhower'd earth / Is deep enrich'd with vegetable life; / Till, in the weſtern ſky, the downward ſun / Looks out, effulgent, from amid the fluſh / Of broken clouds, gay-ſhifting to his beam.

I also, this morning, gave attention to the stars as seen through the Zodiacal Light, and found, even to 4ʰ 30ᵐ, when the effulgent Light below the zigzag lines is very strong, that with the naked eye I could readily make out stars of the 6th magnitude within the effulgent Light; [...]

Synonyms for effulgent

Depending on context, synonyms include profulgent, aglow, alight, beamful, beamsome, beamy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include refulgent, beamy, bright, radiant, beaming, affulgent.

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