effulgent

Meaning

Radiant, resplendent, shining.

Synonyms

radiant

refulgent

bright

beaming

incandescent

luminous

ablaze

beamy

lucent

sparkling

aglow

lustrous

radiating

shining

shiny

spangly

splendent

splendid

splendorous

white-hot

splendiloquent

splendidious

splendrous

alight

ardent

blazing

brilliant

candescent

fulgent

glittery

glowing

lambent

lucid

Translations

resplandeciente

rayonnant

radiante

glänzend

radiante

splendido

herrlich

λάμπων

esplèndid

αστράπτων

trefflich

glorieux

magnifique

merveilleux

refulgent

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈfʌldʒ(ə)nt/

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”)).