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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A brilliant radiance.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A shining forth, as of light; great luster or brightness; splendor: as, the effulgence of divine glory.
  2. n. Synonyms Brilliance, Luster, etc. See radiance.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A state of being bright and radiant, splendor, brilliance.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

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  • thesaurosie It makes me sick! Jul 18, 2009
  • brtom "Amours of actresses. Nell Gwynn, Mrs Bracegirdle, Maud Branscombe. Curtain up. Moonlight silver effulgence. Maiden discovered with pensive bosom."
    Joyce, Ulysses, 13 Jan 14, 2007

‘effulgence’ has been looked up 1465 times, loved by 8 people, added to 41 lists, commented on 2 times, and has a Scrabble score of 19.