Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Shining radiantly; resplendent.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Emitting or reflecting a bright light; shining; splendid.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Resplendent, or shining brightly and radiantly.
  2. adj. As if giving off light or warmth.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Casting a bright light; radiant; brilliant; resplendent; shining; splendid.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. radiating or as if radiating light

Etymologies

  1. Latin refulgēns, refulgent-, present participle of refulgēre, to flash back : re-, re- + fulgēre, to flash; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  • sera incandescence is refulgent Aug 13, 2007
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  • plumpesdenken "The once refulgent reign of Queen Elizabeth..." Dec 3, 2006

‘refulgent’ has been looked up 1913 times, loved by 6 people, added to 67 lists, commented on 3 times, and has a Scrabble score of 13.