Effulged

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To shine forth brightly with radiant light ; to display brilliant visual splendor ; to emit a glowing or luminous brilliance
2. To beam or flash forth vivid rays or brightness ; to manifest dazzling light or resplendence ; to send out sparkling or gleaming illumination
3. To radiate intense brightness or brilliance ; to project shimmering or dazzling light effects ; to glow with a vivid and striking luminosity

Etymology: "Effulged" is the past tense and past participle of "effulge," a verb that entered English from Latin "effulgere," meaning "to shine forth." The Latin verb is built from "ex-" (here reduced to "ef-" before the consonant "f"), meaning "out" or "forth," and "fulgere," "to shine" or "to flash," which is also the root behind "fulgent," a poetic word for dazzlingly bright. The English verb thus carries the same sense of light pouring outward from a source. Because "effulge" is a relatively rare, literary verb, its past tense "effulged" appears mostly in formal or poetic writing, where a writer wants to describe light, glory, or splendor spreading out from something. The inflection follows the regular pattern of English verbs ending in a consonant, so the spelling of the past form is unremarkable.

Synonyms: shone, gleamed, glowed, radiated, sparkled

Antonyms: dimmed, darkened, faded, dull