prefulgencen.
/prᵻˈfʌldʒ(ə)ns/, U.S. /prəˈfəldʒ(ə)ns/, /priˈfəldʒ(ə)ns/ rare.
Pre-eminent brilliance, radiance, or splendour.
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the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [noun] > brilliance
alightingeOE
cleretea1340
blasenessa1398
clarityc1400
splendourc1450
resplendishure?1473
resplendour?1473
resplendence?a1475
resplendishing1479
flamingc1540
blazing1563
blaze1586
fulgence1592
fulgoura1600
resplendency1599
splendence1604
nitor1607
refulgence1624
refulgency?1624
fulgurea1634
fulgency1643
fulgidity1656
lucency1656
transplendency1664
vividness1668
brillant1676
shiningness1703
fulgurity1721
vivacity1735
brilliancy1747
brilliance1755
flame1800
éclata1806
vividity1813
prefulgence1892
1892 G. Gissing Born in Exile II. iv. iii. 227 In his most presumptuous moments he had never claimed the sexual prefulgence which many a commonplace fellow so gloriously exhibits.
1916 F. Swinnerton Chaste Wife xxiii. 317 Too stupid to understand anything but physical prefulgence or absolute social convention.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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