RADIANCE, RADIANT
ADJECTIVES
► BEAMISH radiant, shining brightly → 1530 arch.
► BEAMSOME radiant, shedding beams, radiant → 1595 obs.
► BEAMY radiant, emitting beams of light → 1398
► EFFULGENT radiant, resplendent; shining forth brilliantly → 1738
► FULGENT shining brightly, radiant; glittering; resplendent → a1475
► FULGID shining brightly, radiant; glittering; resplendent → 1610
► FULGOROUS shining brightly, radiant; glittering; resplendent → 1772
► ORIENT radiant, resplendent, brilliant, lustrous, shining, glowing → 1430-40 arch.
► RADIOUS radiant, bright → 1500-20 obs.
► SUN-CLAD clothed in radiance like the sun → 1825 poetic usage
NOUNS
► ÉCLAT radiance, brilliancy, dazzling effect → 1676 obs.
► EFFULGENCE splendid radiance → 1667
► SUNNING radiance, shining like the sun → c1586 obs.
VERBS
► ILLUMINE to make radiant; to brighten as with light → 1508