prefulgency means superior brightness or effulgency. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 67 out of 100.
Why this word is great
PREFULGENCY — [Noun] Superior brightness or radiant splendor. From Latin praefulgentia, from praefulgēre ("to shine forth brilliantly"), from prae- ("before, forth") + fulgēre ("to shine, glitter"). Unlike "effulgence," which denotes a brilliant shining forth, or "luminosity," a general, measurable quality of light, prefulgency implies a competitive supremacy, a brilliance that outshines its very context. It is the blinding corona of a total solar eclipse that makes the partial phases seem like twilight; the diamond whose fire commands a room not by size but by sheer tyranny; the singular, shocking shaft of sun that pierces a storm cloud to ignite a church spire—a light so total it feels less like illumination and more like a verdict.
noun
- Superior brightness or effulgency.“the prefulgency of his excellent worth and merit”