All 4 Uses of
effulgent
in
Moby Dick
- And beneath the effulgent Antarctic skies I have boarded the Argo-Navis, and joined the chase against the starry Cetus far beyond the utmost stretch of Hydrus and the Flying Fish.†
Chpt 55-57 *
- Then come out those fiery effulgences, infernally superb; then the evil-blazing diamond, once the divinest symbol of the crystal skies, looks like some crown-jewel stolen from the King of Hell.†
Chpt 91-93
- Now, in that Japanese sea, the days in summer are as freshets of effulgences.†
Chpt 118-120
- Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands.†
Chpt 118-120
Definitions:
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(1)
(effulgent) radiating brightly (as does the sun) or anything that is dazzling or brilliant
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus