effulgence
/ɪˈfʌl.d͡ʒəns/
effulgence noun: a state of being bright and radiant, splendor, brilliance.
Noun
effulgence (countable and uncountable, plural effulgences)
- A state of being bright and radiant, splendor, brilliance.
- […] the clear effulgence of the stars by night […]1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter XII, in The Last Man. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC
- He stood for a moment taking in the effulgence.1875 January–December, Henry James, “Switzerland”, in Roderick Hudson (The Novels and Tales of Henry James; I), New York edition, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1907, →OCLC, page...
effulgence meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
effulgence in Tamil
- தித்தம், ஓசம், குரு, சுடரொளி
effulgence in Bengali
- জৌলুস, উজ্জ্বলতা
effulgence in Kannada
- ದೊಡ್ಡಬೆಳಕು, ಹೊನಲು ಬೆಳಕು
Examples of effulgence in a sentence
- Enough then, that I not only recognised my natural body from the mere aura and effulgence of certain of the powers that made up my spirit, […].1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:
- 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.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 3:
Forms of effulgence
| plural | effulgences |
|---|---|
| alternative form | affulgence |
Origin of effulgence
From Latin ex- (“out of, from”) and fulgere (“to shine”). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin fulg(ere) + -ence.
Questions about effulgence
- What does effulgence mean?
- Effulgence means a state of being bright and radiant, splendor, brilliance.
- What is effulgence in Tamil?
- Effulgence in Tamil is தித்தம், ஓசம், குரு. See Effulgence meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use effulgence in a sentence?
- Enough then, that I not only recognised my natural body from the mere aura and effulgence of certain of the powers that made up my spirit, […].
- What part of speech is effulgence?
- Effulgence is a noun.
- How do you pronounce effulgence?
- Effulgence is pronounced /ɪˈfʌl.d͡ʒəns/.
- What is the plural of effulgence?
- The plural of effulgence is effulgences.
Words near effulgence in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: effulgence (page history and authors); effulgence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); effulgence (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); effulgence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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