Effulgence
[ɪ'fʌldʒəns]
Definition
(n.) The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Brilliancy, lustre, splendor, brightness, radiance, refulgence.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Splendor, lustre, brilliancy, luminosity
ANT:Darkness, obscuration, tenebrosity
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Examples
- In the midst of this profound darkness, there seemed to glow on her heart the effulgence of a paradise unknown and unrealised. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Against the ebony background of his skin they blazed out with a peculiarly accentuated effulgence. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Its vacillating effulgence seems to say that its state, even like ours upon earth, is wavering and inconstant; it fears, methinks, and it loves. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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