effulge means to radiate, shine or beam. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
EFFULGE — [Verb] To shine forth brilliantly; to radiate light. From the Latin effulgēre, from ex- ("out") + fulgēre ("to shine, glitter"). Unlike "gleam" (which suggests a brief, soft flash) or "glitter" (which implies a scattered, faceted sparkle), to effulge is to pour out a powerful, unified, and sustained brilliance. It is the molten gold of the sun cresting the horizon, the fierce, undiminished beacon of a lighthouse on a black coast, or the terrible, clarifying light of a magnesium flare—a rare, defiant refusal of the universe to be merely dim.
verb
- to radiate, shine or beam“His eyes effulging a peculiar fire.”