different between effulgent vs effulgence

English

Etymology

From Latin effulg?ns (“flashing, glittering”), present participle of effulge? (“to shine or gleam forth, flash, glitter”), from ?- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘out; away’)) + fulge? (“to flash, gleam, glisten, glitter, shine”) (from Proto-Indo-European *b?el- (“shiny; white”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??f?ld?(?)nt/, /?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??f?ld??nt/
• Hyphenation: ef?fulg?ent

Adjective

effulgent (comparative more effulgent, superlative most effulgent)

1. (literary, also figuratively) Radiant, resplendent, shining.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) profulgent; see also Thesaurus:shining

Alternative forms

• affulgent

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ef?ful.?ent/, [?f?f?????n?t?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ef?ful.d??ent/, [?f?ful??d???n?t?]

Verb

effulgent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of effulge?

English

Alternative forms

• affulgence

Etymology

From Latin ex- (“out of, from”) and fulgere (“to shine”).

Noun

effulgence (countable and uncountable, plural effulgences)

1. A state of being bright and radiant, splendor, brilliance.
   • 1875, Henry James, Roderick Hudson, New York Edition 1909, hardcover, page 457

     He stood for a moment taking in the effulgence.

Related terms

• effulgent
• refulgence