effulgence

English

Alternative forms

affulgence

Etymology

From Latin ex- (“out of, from”) and fulgere (“to shine”).

Noun

effulgence (countable and uncountable, plural effulgences)

A state of being bright and radiant, splendor, brilliance.
- 1875, Henry James, Roderick Hudson, New York Edition 1909, hardcover, page 457
  He stood for a moment taking in the effulgence.
- 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter XII, in The Last Man. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
  [...]-the clear effulgence of the stars by night-[...].

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