Pronounced: SIGH-ni-kyoor (alt: SIN-ih-kyoor), noun
Notes: I’ve read this word, and got a general idea from context. Do you know it?
Yesterday’s word
The word effulgence means “radiant splendor; brilliance”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1600s
Background / Comments
When I first glanced at our word, I swapped the “u” and the “l” and thought it was “efflugence”, which I thought was related to “effluence” (an outflow; I’ve heard it used in a euphemistic sense for the outflow of toilets). But all that was error; Our word came from the Latin word fulgēre (to shine). It does have a related word – “refulgence” – which has a similar meaning, but implies reflection.
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