effulgence

English

Alternative forms

• affulgence

Etymology

From 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.
   • 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter XII, in The Last Man. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:

     […] the clear effulgence of the stars by night […]

   • 1875, Henry James, Roderick Hudson, New York Edition 1909, hardcover, page 457:

     He stood for a moment taking in the effulgence.

   • 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros‎^[1], London: Jonathan Cape, page 3:

     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.

Related terms

• effulgent
• refulgence