affulgent

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English

Adjective

affulgent (comparative more affulgent, superlative most affulgent)

  1. Alternative form of effulgent
    • 1971, Gopal Singh, The Religion of the Sikhs, New Delhi: Allied Publishers, published 1987, →ISBN, page 42:
      God is one: about that there is a certain certitude, but He is both Absolute and Related, Immanent and Transcendent. [...] He is affulgent Light. He is Darkness within darkness. He is the Creator and also the destroyer of what He creates. And, then, He re-creates in order to re-destroy.
    • 1978, REI Report, page 55:
      With the new decade ahead, the contributions of the Department of Surgery should be more affulgent than ever.
    • 1987, F. M. Hassnain, Yoshiaki Miura, Vijay Pandita, Sri Amarnatha Cave, the Abode of Shiva, page 59:
      At that time an affulgent pillar of fire arose before their eyes.
    • 1999, Giriraj Shah, Saints, Gurus and Mystics of India - Volume 1, page xiii:
      The glory of the true saints is indescribable. They are deep like ocean and affulgent like the sun.
    • 2003, Narendranath B. Patil, The Variegated Plumage: Encounters with Indian Philosophy, →ISBN:
      Also, he assumes different forms concealing his affulgent form.

Latin

Verb

affulgent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of affulgeō