effulgence
noun/ɪˈfʌl.d͡ʒəns/
Etymology From Latin ex- (“out of, from”) and fulgere (“to shine”). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin fulg(ere) + -ence.
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A state of being bright and radiant, splendor, brilliance.
- […] the clear effulgence of the stars by night […]1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter XII, in The Last Man. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
- He stood for a moment taking in the effulgence.1875 January–December, Henry James, “Switzerland”, in Roderick Hudson (The Novels and Tales of Henry James; I), New York edition, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1907, →OCLC, page 457:
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- Enough then, that I not only recognised my natural body from the mere aura and effulgence of certain of the powers that made up my spirit, […].1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:
- 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.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 3:
- Related terms
- effulgent, refulgence