Word of the Week: effulgent (ĭ-FŎŎL-jənt)

Definition

(Adjective) Shining forth brilliantly; sending forth intense light; resplendent, radiant.

In Context

“And it blazed with a light that was like that of the sun – very splendid and effulgent – so that they could scarcely look upon the splendor thereof.”

Howard Pyle, The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur, 1910.