effulgence

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
24
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ɪˈfʌl.d͡ʒəns/

Definition of effulgence

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A state of being bright and radiant, splendor, brilliance.
    “[…] the clear effulgence of the stars by night […]”
    “He stood for a moment taking in the effulgence.”
    “These jewels, drinking in the sunshine by day, gave it forth during the hours of darkness in a radiance of pink light and a soft effulgence as of moonbeams.”

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Etymology

From Latin ex- (“out of, from”) and fulgere (“to shine”). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin fulg(ere) + -ence.

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