effulgent
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- radiating or as if radiating light
- "the effulgent daffodils"
Adj
- Radiant, resplendent, shining.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin effulgēns (“flashing, glittering”), present participle of effulgeō (“to shine or gleam forth, flash, glitter”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘out; away’)) + fulgeō (“to flash, gleam, glisten, glitter, shine”) (from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny; white”)).
Synonyms
aglow, alight, beamful, beaming, beamsome, beamy, brilliant, effulgent, glowing, illuminating, lambent, lighted, lit, lucent, luciferous, lucific, luminant, luminiferous, luminous, lustrous, orient, profulgent, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, sheeny, shining, shiny
Scrabble Score: 16
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