effulgence

[ ih-fuhl-juhns, ih-fool‑ ]

noun

1. a brilliant radiance; a shining forth.

Word History and Origins

Origin of effulgence¹

effulg(ent) + -ence

Example Sentences

He is a golden, godlike being from whom a healing effulgence emanates at all times.

From Washington Post

“There was not a breath of air. This terrific fall came down in perfectly perpendicular lines; and as the lightning rushed through it, it illuminated with its ghastly effulgence a broad sheet of water.”

From Washington Post

But does any of this matter when you are comfortably seated inside one of the colourful tents, the effulgence of the sun making the colours glow, listening to the finest of minds?

From The Guardian

Because Loomis Todd is played by Kathleen Chalfant, an actress of rigor and effulgence, the play also provides a master class in how to take a shopworn form and make it nearly new.

From New York Times

Balls of apparently sentient effulgence prowl intersections like terrestrial comets.

From Time