effulgent

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  1. adjective Shining brilliantly; resplendent. See Synonyms at bright.

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  • When I opened my eyes in the effulgent, now-curtain-filtered sunrise, there was blue sky on the ceiling, blue sky and islands of warm cloud, and the crossbow shapes of birds, like swifts, darting statically between. —  Tanith_Lee_-_The_Silver_Metal_Lover3
  • He squared his big shoulders and gave her a flash of the old, effulgent, gold-studded smile: and yet a kind smile, almost a tender smile. —  Tour De Force - Christianna Brand - Cockrill 06: 1955
  • So I told him my current favorite words: gossamer, scintillate, effulgent, and strident … and harlot. —  DITZ-REVOLUTION.NET by Helga Weber | Filipina blogger and web designer
  • That passion met her now, exultant, effulgent, along with that light and heat and fragrance, she did not for an instant doubt. —  The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
  • As to its splendour, the eye of the eagle turns away daunted from its all-effulgent beams. —  Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846
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  1. Latin effulgēns, effulgent-, present participle of effulgēre, to shine out : ex-, ex- + fulgēre, to shine; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin effulgen(t-)s, present participle of effulgere, shine forth: see effulge.
 

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