refulgent
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- adjective Shining radiantly; resplendent.
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- And what does Henriquez say more here than this, 'That though his mistress be obscure by her birth; yet her eyes are so refulgent, they set her above that disadvantage, and make her all over brightness.' — The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland
- His eyes were refulgent, brighter than any woman's. — The Shadow of the Torturer
- By now the refulgent green lump was taller than an adult seni and had assumed a roughly rectangular shape. — The Howling Stones
- He begins with a beautiful picture which must be transferred without the change of an expression: â” âIn this refulgent Summer, it has been a luxury to draw the breath of life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- And next refulgent yellow; by whose side — The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland
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- 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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/ (rĭ-fo͝olˈjənt, -fŭlˈ-)/
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