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Definition of refulgent adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

refulgent

adjective

/rɪˈfʌldʒənt/

/rɪˈfʌldʒənt/

(formal)

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very bright
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin refulgent- ‘shining out’, from the verb refulgere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + fulgere ‘to shine’.

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