Meaning & use
effulgence
A brilliant, radiant light or shining brightness, often used in a poetic or literary sense.
See it in a sentence
The poem describes the effulgence of dawn spreading across the mountains.
Visitors stood in awe of the cathedral's golden effulgence under the afternoon sun.
A note on using this word
Effulgence is a rare, highly literary word, used almost exclusively in poetry or elevated descriptive prose rather than everyday speech.
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Words with an opposite meaning
dimness
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