fulgent

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈfʌld͡ʒənt/
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/ˈfʌld͡ʒənt/ · /ˈfʊld͡ʒənt/

Definition of fulgent

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Shining brilliantly; radiant.
    “And univerſally, the greateſt and moſt fulgent tails always ariſe from Comets, immediately after their paſſing by the neighbourhood of the Sun.”
    “Shirley takes life easily: is not that fact written in her eye? In her good-tempered moments, is it not as full of lazy softness as in her brief fits of anger it is fulgent with quick-flashing fire?”

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Etymology

From Middle English fulgent, from Latin fulgēns. By surface analysis, Latin fulg(ere) + -ent.

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