| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·ful·gent |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -f l j nt, -f l- |
| ADJECTIVE: | Shining radiantly; resplendent. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin refulg ns, refulgent-, present participle of refulgre, to flash back : re-, re- + fulgre, to flash; see bhel-1 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | re·fulgence, re·fulgen·cy —NOUN
re·fulgent·ly —ADVERB
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