refulgent

[ ri-fuhl-juhnt ]

adjective

1. shining brightly; radiant; gleaming:

   Crystal chandeliers and gilded walls made the opera house a refulgent setting for the ball.

2. very attractive or impressive; dazzling; brilliant:

   His refulgent smile brightened the day of everyone who saw it.

refulgent

/ rɪˈfʌldʒənt /

adjective

1. literary.
   shining, brilliant, or radiant

Derived Forms

• reˈfulgently, adverb
• reˈfulgence, noun

Other Words From

• re·ful·gence re·ful·gen·cy re·ful·gent·ness noun
• re·ful·gent·ly adverb
• un·re·ful·gent adjective
• un·re·ful·gent·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of refulgent¹

First recorded in 1500–10; from Latin refulgent-, stem of refulgēns, present participle of refulgēre “to radiate light”; re-, fulgent

Word History and Origins

Origin of refulgent¹

C16: from Latin refulgēre to shine brightly, from re- + fulgēre to shine

Example Sentences

With light and heat refulgent.

From Literature

While I walked under the dripping orange-trees of my wet garden, and amongst its drenched pomegranates and pine-apples, and while the refulgent dawn of the tropics kindled round me—I reasoned thus, Jane—and now listen; for it was true Wisdom that consoled me in that hour, and showed me the right path to follow.

From Literature

Then together — Jackson refulgent in a fuchsia gown with a gold diamond emblazoned below her bosom; Staples in something short, lacy, belted and white — they embark on the single most astounding duet I’ve ever heard, seen or felt.

From New York Times

TEJAN-THOMAS, who has refulgent brown skin and a resonant baritone, came to radio from poetry.

From New York Times

The refulgent link between humanity and divinity, Jesus glows in the center of Raphael’s gigantic canvas, his robes as white, as the Gospel of Mark puts it, “as no fuller on earth can white them.”

From The New Yorker