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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REFUL'GENT, a. Casting a bright light; shining; splendid; as refulgent beams; refulgent light; refulgent arms.
A conspicuous and refulgent truth.

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 refulgence

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. literary shining; gloriously bright. Derivatives: refulgence n. refulgently adv. Etymology: L refulgere (as RE-, fulgere shine)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Refulgent Re*ful"gent (r?*f?l"jent), a. [L. refulgens, p. pr. of refulgere to flash back, to shine bright; pref. re- re- + fulgere to shine. See Fulgent.] Casting a bright light; radiant; brilliant; resplendent; shining; splendid; as, refulgent beams. -- Re*ful"gent*ly, adv. So conspicuous and refulgent a truth. --Boyle.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Bright, shining, brilliant, splendid, resplendent, lustrous, radiant, effulgent.