effulgent

== English == === Etymology === From Latin effulgēns (“flashing, glittering”), present participle of effulgeō (“to shine or gleam forth, flash, glitter”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘out; away’)) + fulgeō (“to flash, gleam, glisten, glitter, shine”) (from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny; white”)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈfʌldʒ(ə)nt/, /ɛ-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈfʌld͡ʒənt/ Hyphenation: ef‧fulg‧ent === Adjective === effulgent (comparative more effulgent, superlative most effulgent) (literary, also figuratively) Radiant, resplendent, shining. Synonyms: (obsolete) profulgent; see also Thesaurus:shining ==== Alternative forms ==== affulgent ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛfˈfʊɫ.ɡɛnt] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [efˈful̠ʲ.d͡ʒent] === Verb === effulgent third-person plural present active indicative of effulgeō