fulgent

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English

Etymology

From Middle English fulgent, from Latin fulgēns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʌld͡ʒənt/, /ˈfʊld͡ʒənt/

Adjective

fulgent (comparative more fulgent, superlative most fulgent)

  1. Shining brilliantly; radiant.
    • 1729, Isaac Newton, “Proposition XLI. Problem XXI. From Three Observations Given to Determine the Orbit of a Comet Moving in a Parabola.”, in Andrew Motte, transl., The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. , volume II, London: Benjamin Motte, , →OCLC, book III (Of the System of the World), page 361:
      And univerſally, the greateſt and moſt fulgent tails always ariſe from Comets, immediately after their paſſing by the neighbourhood of the Sun.
    • 1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Two Lives”, in Shirley. A Tale. , volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., , →OCLC, page 266:
      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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Latin

Etymology 1

Verb

fulgent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of fulgeō

Etymology 2

Verb

fulgent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of fulgō
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