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Effulgence definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EFFUL'GENCE, n. A flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor; as the effulgence of divine glory. It is a word of superlative signification, and applied,with peculiar propriety, to the sun and to the Supreme Being.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light [syn: radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Late Latin effulgentia, from Latin effulgent-, effulgens, present participle of effulg?re to shine forth, from ex- + fulg?re to shine — more at fulgent Date: 1667 radiant splendor ; brilliance • effulgent adjective

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Effulgence Ef*ful"gence, n. The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor. The effulgence of his glory abides. --Milton. The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn. --Beattie.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Brilliancy, lustre, splendor, brightness, radiance, refulgence.