The Collaborative International Dictionary
Refulgent \Re*ful"gent\ (r?*f?l"jent), a. [L. refulgens, p. pr. of refulgere to flash back, to shine bright; pref. re- re- + fulgere to shine. See Fulgent.] Casting a bright light; radiant; brilliant; resplendent; shining; splendid; as, refulgent beams. -- Re*ful"gent*ly, adv.
So conspicuous and refulgent a truth.
--Boyle.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. 1 resplendent, or shining brightly and radiantly. 2 (context figuratively English) As if giving off light or warmth.
WordNet
Usage examples of "refulgent".
Clinging to the rocks, and gazing ever ahead at the guiding cloud, Titurel came at last to the top of the mountain, where, in a beam of refulgent light, he beheld the Holy Grail, borne in the air by invisible hands.
The brilliant lights held by the statues of the twelve conquered kings grew strangely dim, and then, gliding down upon a beam of refulgent celestial light, they all beheld a dazzling vision of the Holy Grail.
Her heart tripped over as she admired his perfect profile limned against a still refulgent sky.
Leaning over, he watched as Ehomba, carefully balancing the length of refulgent metal in a single-handed grip, made his way down the ladder toward the dark sea below.
But I see a light more refulgent than any gold, and it is one that leads me forward even to the very edge of this crystal stone.
His face became a mask, the skin drawn tightly over the bones, the eyes like refulgent globes of amber, the wide lips parted a little to show those fanglike foreteeth that humans usually did not notice, reminders that even the peaceful Nyssomu had been in their time hunters who went equipped with more than blowpipes and spears.
Thus speaks pride, and once that cuirass has been buckled on, it glitters with the refulgent light of day.
Rudy removed the glowstone from before a particularly refulgent image-there were limited quantities of the magic lights, far too few to let them be used as votives-and by its moony radiance studied the beneficent face, the tiny representations of woolpacks, fruits, hams, cheeses, eggs.
His face became a mask, the skin drawn tightly over the bones, the eyes like refulgent globes of amber, the wide lips parted a little to show those fanglike foreteeth that humans usually did not notice, reminders that even the peaceful Nyssomu had been in their time hunters who went equipped with more than blowpipes and spears.
The light of midday gleamed, clinquant and refulgent, on every tree bough and swath of grass.