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refulgent, a.|rɪˈfʌldʒənt|
[ad. L. refulgent-em, pres. pple. of refulgēre, f. re- re- + fulgēre to shine.]
Shining with, or reflecting, a brilliant light; radiant, resplendent, gleaming.
1509[see b]. 1598J. Dickenson Greene in Conc. (1878) 127 Haires of a goldlike hewe; (not purest gould so refulgent). 1635Quarles Embl. iv. ii. 194 Enrich mine eyes with thy refulgent ray. 1661Glanvill Van. Dogm. 238 The most refulgent colours are the result of light and shadows. 1717Pope Iliad xi. 204 In blazing heaps, the grove's old honours fall, And one refulgent ruin levels all. 1788Wesley Wks. (1872) VI. 292 There will be no clouds or fogs; but one bright, refulgent day. 1807J. Barlow Columb. iv. 474 Freedom..here shall rise, Light her new torch in my refulgent skies. 1864Tennyson Milton 13 Some refulgent sunset of India.
b. transf. or fig.
1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xi. (Percy Soc.) 45 These poetes..Devoyde our rudenes wyth grete fyry lemes; Theyr centencious verses are refulgent. 1624Quarles Div. Poems, Sion's Elegies (1717) 385 Sion, the glory of whose refulgent Fame Gave earnest of an everlasting name. 1821Shelley Adonais v, Others more sublime..Have sunk, extinct in their refulgent prime. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge xxvii, Bestowing upon the locksmith a most refulgent smile, he left them.
†c. As a term of compliment applied to a lady.
1602Marston Ant. & Mel. ii. Wks. 1856 I. 25 Bright and refulgent ladie, daine your eare. 1656S. Holland Zara (1719) 83 Who wait upon the high-born, illustrious, and refulgent Maulkina.
Hence reˈfulgently adv.; reˈfulgentness.
1626T. H. tr. Caussin's Holy Crt. 204 This Iewell..refulgently shining with the rayes of a constant equality of spirit. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq., Apol. 501 How refulgently bright and glorious the bodies of the blessed are at the Resurrection. 1730–6Bailey (folio), Refulgentness, brightness, splendor. |