effulgent
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  • (RP) IPA: /ɪˈfʌldʒ(ə)nt/, /ɛ-/
  • (GA) IPA: /ɪˈfʌldʒənt/
Adjective

effulgent

  1. (literary, also, figuratively) Radiant, resplendent, shining#Adjective|shining.
    Synonyms: profulgent, Thesaurus:shining
    • 1728, James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: Printed for A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, OCLC 642619686 ↗, lines 185–190, pages 9–10 ↗:
      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.
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