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Refulgence

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. the quality of being refulgent; refulgency

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The quality of being refulgent; brilliancy; splender; radiance.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The State or character of being refulgent; a flood of light; splendor; brilliancy.

n. Synonyms Effulgence, Splendor, etc. (see radiance), brightness.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

Word Usage

"The husband appeared of a middle age, between manhood and youth: from his eyes darted forth sparkling light derived from the wisdom of love; by virtue of which light his face was radiant from its inmost ground; and in consequence of such radiance the surface of his skin had a kind of refulgence, whereby his whole face was one resplendent comeliness."

Equivalent

refulgency

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

brightness

Hyponym

glossiness shininess gloss glow luster

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

brilliancy splender radiance

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

resplendence red-and-orange incisiveness bugwatcher IMHO