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Effulgent definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EFFUL'GENT, a. Shining; bright; splendid; diffusing a flood of light; as the effulgent sun.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: radiating or as if radiating light; "the beaming sun"; "the effulgent daffodils"; "a radiant sunrise"; "a refulgent sunset" [syn: beaming, beamy, effulgent, radiant, refulgent]

Merriam Webster's

adjective see effulgence

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. literary radiant; shining brilliantly. Derivatives: effulgence n. effulgently adv. Etymology: L effulgere shine forth (as EX-(1), fulgere shine)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Effulgent Ef*ful"gent, a. [L. effulgens, -entis, p. pr. of effulgere.] Diffusing a flood of light; shining; luminous; beaming; bright; splendid. ``Effulgent rays of light.'' --Cowper.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Brilliant, shining, lustrous, splendid, resplendent, bright, radiant, refulgent, dazzling, blazing, flaming, glowing, burning, beaming.