radiant

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/ˈɹeɪ.di.ənt/

adjective

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Dorottya's radiant personality shines through, making her even more captivating.
The Doppler effect is also observed with light and with radiant energy in general.

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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They in ranks / Sat all, where ſtood the fiery ſteeds of each, / And where his radiant arms lay on the field.
1791, Homer, “[The Iliad.] Book III.”, in W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, […], volume I, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […],...
The couple's sustainability efforts also included installing radiant heat under the concrete-slab floor.
2026 May 26, Julie Belcove, “Farm Fresh”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 93
His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil ! You ! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow !” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.
1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 171
And yet she was ensnaringly beautiful, despite her pride and self-consciousness; radiant and certain of conquest she stood before the man who alone seemed to have neither eye nor ear for charms that had never elsewhere played her false.
1893, E. Werner, Clear the Track!, page 94

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From Middle English radyant, from Latin radiāns, radiantis, present participle of radiāre (“to emit rays or beams”).