effulgence

English

Alternative forms

• affulgence

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ex- (“out of, from”) and fulgere (“to shine”).

Noun

effulgence (countable and uncountable, plural effulgences)

1. 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 12, in The Last Man:

     [...]-the clear effulgence of the stars by night-[...].

Related terms

• effulgent
• refulgence