Synonyms for refulgent


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ri-fuhl-juh nt
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈfʌl dʒənt


Définition of refulgent

Origin :
  • c.1500, from Middle French refulgent or directly from Latin refulgentem (nominative refulgens), present participle of refulgere "flash back, shine brilliantly," from re- "back" (see re-) + fulgere "to shine" (see bleach (v.)).
  • adj glowing
Example sentences :
  • So saying, and bestowing upon the locksmith a most refulgent smile, he left them.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • It was past noon; the great sun shone out with refulgent glory.
  • Extract from : « Saronia » by Richard Short
  • It was not water, but new ice—smooth and refulgent as a mirror.
  • Extract from : « Red Rooney » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • For six months of the year the sun is daily refulgent in the heavens, and sets evening after evening in all his glorious majesty.
  • Extract from : « Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches » by Henri de Crignelle
  • In all his previous career so refulgent a day had never been his.
  • Extract from : « The War With Mexico, Volume II (of 2) » by Justin H. Smith
  • Your high, refulgent Excellency, the hour of burial has struck.
  • Extract from : « The Duel » by A. I. Kuprin
  • In all her refulgent beauty she told him of herself and gave him hope.
  • Extract from : « Essays on the Greek Romances » by Elizabeth Hazelton Haight
  • Where ought that refulgent luminary to scintilate when I face Osprey Ledge?
  • Extract from : « The Fighting Chance » by Robert W. Chambers
  • We were sorrowful and sad after her, and not less after us was the refulgent maid.
  • Extract from : « The Irish Fairy Book » by Various
  • All good uses in the heavens are splendid and refulgent, 266.
  • Extract from : « The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love » by Emanuel Swedenborg

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