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.
ARTINFO: The Blue Flower: How Jeff Koons's "Balloon" Sculpture Could Make History, Again, at Christie's ARTINFO 2010
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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.
Think Diouf is vile? Listen to the fans | Kevin McKenna 2011
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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.
ARTINFO: The Blue Flower: How Jeff Koons's "Balloon" Sculpture Could Make History, Again, at Christie's ARTINFO 2010
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I didn`t know `refulgent` which apparently is `radiating light`.
Think Diouf is vile? Listen to the fans | Kevin McKenna 2011
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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."
Writing update marshallpayne1 2010
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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 The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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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 The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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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.
ARTINFO: The Blue Flower: How Jeff Koons's "Balloon" Sculpture Could Make History, Again, at Christie's ARTINFO 2010
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