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“effulgent” in Latin
clārusclear, bright; renowned, famous, famed, distinguished, illustrious, celebrated, glorious; upstanding, respectedlūcidusclear, bright, shining, full of light; clear, perspicuous, lucidfulgeōto blaze, flash, lighten, glitter, gleam, glare, glisten, shine; to be resplendent, illustrious, conspicuous (thanks to nitidusshining, polished, glittering; handsome, beautiful, good-looking; healthy-looking, well conditionedsplendidussplendid, bright, glittering; distinguished, noble, illustriouslūminōsusbright, luminous, full of lightet cēteraet cetera, and the rest, and so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information continues in a similar effulgeōto shine or gleam forth, glitter, flashsplendēscōto brighten, begin to shinenitēscōto (begin to) shine, glitter; to thrive, flourish, be in fine condition; to become illustrious or celebrated
The English word effulgent itself goes back to Latin fulgeō, through effulgēns.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
effulgent
clarus: lucidus: fulgens: nitidus: splendidus: luminosus, etc. [SYN. in BRIGHT]. To be effulgent, effulgere (Liv.): splendescere: nitescere, etc.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for effulgent?
- The usual Latin words for “effulgent” are clārus, lūcidus, fulgeō; also nitidus, splendidus, lūminōsus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.