Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Wednesday Word: Effulgent



effulgent |iˈfoŏljənt; iˈfəl-|adjective poetic/literaryshining brightly; radiant.• (of a person or their expression) emanating joy or goodness.DERIVATIVESeffulgence nouneffulgently adverbORIGIN mid 18th cent.from Latin effulgent-‘shining brightly,’ from the verb effulgere, from ex-‘out’ fulgere ‘to shine.’

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