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effulgent

adj
/ɪˈfʌldʒ(ə)nt/UK/ɪˈfʌld͡ʒənt/US

Etymology

From Latin effulgēns (“flashing, glittering”), present participle of effulgeō (“to shine or gleam forth, flash, glitter”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘out; away’)) + fulgeō (“to flash, gleam, glisten, glitter, shine”) (from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“shiny; white”)). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin fulg(ere) + -ent.

  1. derived from *bʰel-✻
  2. derived from effulgēns

Definitions

  1. Radiant, resplendent, shining.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at effulgent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at effulgent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at effulgent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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