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refulgence
radiance, brightness:
When Judy Garland as Dorothy, in her black-and-white house which had been carried by the wind from black-and-white Kansas, opens the door to the Land of Oz, movie audiences of 1939 must have gasped audibly at the Kodacolor refulgence of Munchkinland.
Related English words: fulgent (shining brightly), refulgent (shining, gleaming, radiant)
Latin root word: refulgeo, refulgere, refulsi - to flash back; to glitter, gleam; fulgor, fulgoris, n. - lightning; brightness, splendor; fulgeo, fulgere, fulsi - to flash; to glitter, gleam, shine
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