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effulgent.

Adjective
Literary
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Sending out or displaying brilliant radiance.

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  • effulgent glow

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An effulgent glow filled the dome.
The effulgent dawn transformed the windows.

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Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more effulgent; superlative most effulgent where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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