fulgent

English

Etymology

From Middle English fulgent, from Latin fulgēns.

Pronunciation

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

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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?

Derived terms

• circumfulgent
• fulgently
• subfulgent

Translations

shining brilliantly — see also radiant

Bulgarian: блестящ (bg) (blestjašt), сияещ (bg) (sijaešt) Chinese: Mandarin: 光彩奪目的 / 光彩夺目的 (guāngcǎiduómù de) Finnish: häikäisevä (fi), hehkuva (fi), säteilevä (fi) French: éclatant (fr) German: gleißend (de) Hungarian: ragyogó (hu), csillogó (hu) Russian: лучеза́рный (ru) (lučezárnyj)

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