It should be noted that "refulgent" also exists as a word, and it has a very similar definition, except that somehow the light is more a reflection and less an emission.

This discussion is based on the definition of the word effulgent in the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, which requires a little explanation.

To Act I or Act II of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado.

To the homepage of this Mikado website.

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