Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Shining radiantly; resplendent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Emitting or reflecting a bright light; shining; splendid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Casting a bright light; radiant; brilliant; resplendent; shining; splendid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Resplendent , or shining brightly andradiantly . - adjective figuratively As if giving off light or warmth.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective radiating or as if radiating light
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In June of the following year, another refulgent sculpture from Koons's iconic "Celebration Series," the similarly candy-colored "Balloon Flower (Magenta)," surpassed that price, fetching $25.7 million in a Christie's showroom.
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(I found this remarkable in a medical man: between trouser hem and refulgent loafer, a gleam of bronzed ankle.)
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You are a fine player… even if your refulgent threads are from Huggy Bear's dismal 1975 spring collection.
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In June of the following year, another refulgent sculpture from Koons's iconic "Celebration Series," the similarly candy-colored "Balloon Flower (Magenta)," surpassed that price, fetching $25.7 million in a Christie's showroom.
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I didn`t know `refulgent` which apparently is `radiating light`.
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Now that I think about it, Corona does somewhat look like Madonna, despite her "refulgent peach-pink skin gleaming like translucent glass, almost porcelain to the eye, and her golden hair resembling fiber optic cables of fey brilliance."
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In June of the following year, another refulgent sculpture from Koons's iconic "Celebration Series," the similarly candy-colored "Balloon Flower (Magenta)," surpassed that price, fetching $25.7 million in a Christie's showroom.
Jeff Koons's "Balloon Flower" Sculpture Will Indicate Market At Christie's
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(I found this remarkable in a medical man: between trouser hem and refulgent loafer, a gleam of bronzed ankle.)
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In June of the following year, another refulgent sculpture from Koons's iconic "Celebration Series," the similarly candy-colored "Balloon Flower (Magenta)," surpassed that price, fetching $25.7 million in a Christie's showroom.
Jeff Koons's "Balloon Flower" Sculpture Will Indicate Market At Christie's
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In June of the following year, another refulgent sculpture from Koons's iconic "Celebration Series," the similarly candy-colored "Balloon Flower (Magenta)," surpassed that price, fetching $25.7 million in a Christie's showroom.
plumpesdenken commented on the word refulgent
"The once refulgent reign of Queen Elizabeth..."
December 3, 2006
jrome commented on the word refulgent
Overseen on Twitter.com: @molly have you become twitterpated? Maybe you can reward yourself by twittering any particularly refulgent adjectives you use. 3 minutes ago from im
January 12, 2007
sera commented on the word refulgent
incandescence is refulgent
August 13, 2007