Crossword clues for refulgence
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Refulgence \Re*ful"gence\ (r?*f?l"jens), Refulgency \Re*ful"gen*cy\ (-jen*s?), n. [L. refulgentia. See Refulgent.] The quality of being refulgent; brilliancy; splender; radiance.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1630s, from Latin refulgentia "reflected luster, splendor," from refulgens (see refulgent). Related: Refulgency (1610s).
Wiktionary
n. the quality of being refulgent; refulgency
WordNet
n. the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light [syn: radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgency]
Usage examples of "refulgence".
Suddenly the trees shimmered in the refulgence of light as they fluttered in the wind, and they looked as if they had been draped with shreds of gold and copper.
But in the refulgence of the present hour her past life, so distinct until then, faded away completely, and she almost doubted having lived it.
And how a voice there murmurs against her Who came on the refulgence of your sphere.
And while she sat maturing this plan, sunlight flooding through a large window drove a white refulgence down into the heart of the wide polished space of wood and marble, whence she had come.
But not for long, for see in the west there is a glow, then come rays of silver light, and at last the full and glorious moon lights up the plain and shoots its gleaming arrows far and wide, filling the earth with a faint refulgence.
The Brights illuminating Twenty-Four Tunnel glowed softly all around, bathing her in their reassuring refulgence.