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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. figuratively 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. From Latin refulgentem, accusative singular of refulgēns, present active participle of refulgeō, from re- ("back") + fulgeō ("shine"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Latin refulgēns, refulgent-, present participle of refulgēre, to flash back : re-, re- + fulgēre, to flash; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • sera incandescence is refulgent Aug 13, 2007

  • jrome Overseen on Twitter.com: @molly have you become twitterpated? Maybe you can reward yourself by twittering any particularly refulgent adjectives you use. 3 minutes ago from im Jan 12, 2007

  • plumpesdenken "The once refulgent reign of Queen Elizabeth..." Dec 3, 2006

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