effulgent
Adjective Satellite
- radiating or as if radiating light
- "the effulgent daffodils"
Adj
- Radiant, resplendent, shining.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin effulgēns (“flashing, glittering”), present participle of effulgeō (“to shine or gleam forth, flash, glitter”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘out; away’)) + fulgeō (“to flash, gleam, glisten, glitter, shine”) (from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny; white”)).
Synonyms
beaming, beamy, radiant, refulgent, aglow, alight, beamful, beamsome, brilliant, effulgent, glowing, illuminating, lambent, lighted, lit, lucent, luciferous, lucific, luminant, luminiferous, luminous, lustrous, orient, profulgent, resplendent, sheeny, shining, shiny
Scrabble Score: 16
effulgent: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordeffulgent: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
effulgent: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary