fulgent

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin fulgēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʌld͡ʒənt/

Adjective

fulgent (comparative more fulgent, superlative most fulgent)

1. Shining brilliantly; radiant.
   • 1846, Newton, The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, translated by Andrew Motte:

     ..and, universally, the greatest and most fulgent tails always arise from comets immediately after their passing by the neighbourhood of the sun.

   • 1849, Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, chapter 22

     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?

Translations

shining brilliantly

• Bulgarian: блестящ (bg) (blestjašt), сияещ (bg) (sijaešt)
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: säteilevä (fi), häikäisevä (fi), hehkuva (fi)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: лучеза́рный (ru) (lučezárnyj)

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) fulgent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of fulgeō