effulgent
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Definition of effulgent
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(also, figuratively, literary)Radiant, resplendent, shining.
“Thus all day long the full-diſtended clouds / Indulge their genial ſtores, and well-ſhower'd earth / Is deep enrich'd with vegetable life; / Till, in the weſtern ſky, the downward ſun / Looks out, effulgent, from amid the fluſh / Of broken clouds, gay-ſhifting to his beam.”
“That effulgent power, which governs our intellects, is the primitive element of water, the luſtre of gems and other glittering ſubſtances, the favour of trees and herbs, the thinking ſoul of living beings; [...] The ſupreme Brahme, ſo manifeſted, illumines the ſeven worlds; may he unite my ſoul to his own radiance (that is, to his own ſoul, which reſides effulgent in the ſeventh world, or manſion of truth).”
“I also, this morning, gave attention to the stars as seen through the Zodiacal Light, and found, even to 4ʰ 30ᵐ, when the effulgent Light below the zigzag lines is very strong, that with the naked eye I could readily make out stars of the 6th magnitude within the effulgent Light; [...]”
“Margaret, aged six, entered her kindergarten after many days' absence, with so effulgent a face as must kindle curiosity in the dullest.”
“Except for the faintest tinge of olive, her cheeks were colorless, yet they spoke of perfect health, and shone with that same pale, effulgent glow, like the reflection of a late sun.”
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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”)). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin fulg(ere) + -ent.
Words you can make from effulgent
110 playable · top: EFFLUENT (14 pts)
Best play effluent 14 points7-letter words
3 words6-letter words
9 words5-letter words
12 words4-letter words
37 words- GUFF 11 pts
- LUFF 10 pts
- NUFF 10 pts
- TEFF 10 pts
- TUFF 10 pts
- GULF 8 pts
- ENUF 7 pts
- FEEL 7 pts
- FEET 7 pts
- FELT 7 pts
- FETE 7 pts
- FLEE 7 pts
- FLUE 7 pts
- FUEL 7 pts
- LEFT 7 pts
- GELT 5 pts
- GENE 5 pts
- GENT 5 pts
- GENU 5 pts
- GLEE 5 pts
- GLEN 5 pts
- GLUE 5 pts
- GLUT 5 pts
- LUGE 5 pts
- LUNG 5 pts
- TEGU 5 pts
- TUNG 5 pts
- LEET 4 pts
- LENT 4 pts
- LUNE 4 pts
- LUNT 4 pts
- LUTE 4 pts
- TEEL 4 pts
- TEEN 4 pts
- TELE 4 pts
- TULE 4 pts
- TUNE 4 pts
3-letter words
38 words- EFF 9 pts
- FUG 7 pts
- EFT 6 pts
- ELF 6 pts
- FEE 6 pts
- FEN 6 pts
- FET 6 pts
- FEU 6 pts
- FLU 6 pts
- FUN 6 pts
- ENG 4 pts
- GEE 4 pts
- GEL 4 pts
- GEN 4 pts
- GET 4 pts
- GNU 4 pts
- GUL 4 pts
- GUN 4 pts
- GUT 4 pts
- LEG 4 pts
- LUG 4 pts
- NEG 4 pts
- NUG 4 pts
- TEG 4 pts
- TUG 4 pts
- EEL 3 pts
- LEE 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LEU 3 pts
- LUN 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NUT 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TUN 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
2-letter words
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