effulgent
\ ih-FUHL-juhnt, ih-FOO L- \, adjective;
1.shining forth brilliantly; radiant.
Quotes:
Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure. Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands.
-- Herman Melville, Moby-Dick , 1851
I am your brother of light, and have floated with you in the effulgent valleys.
-- H. P. Lovecraft, "Beyond the Wall of Sleep," Pine Cones , 1919
Origin:
Effulgent is a back formation from the noun effulgence . It derives from the Latin verb fulgere meaning "to shine." Effulgent entered English in the mid-1700s.
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