effulgent
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effulgent
- /ɪˈfʌldʒ(ə)nt/ UK
- /ɛ-/ UK
- /ɪˈfʌld͡ʒənt/ US
Where it comes from
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.
adjective more effulgent · most effulgent · affulgent
- Radiant, resplendent, shining. 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.
