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Webster 1913 Edition

Fulgent

Ful′gent

,
Adj.
[L.
fulgens
,
-entis
,
p. pr.
of
fulgere
to flash, glitter, shine, akin to Gr. [GREEK] to burn. See
Phlox
,
Flagrant
.]
Exquisitely bright; shining; dazzling; effulgent.
Other Thracians . . .
fulgent
morions wore.
Glower.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fulgent

FUL'GENT

,
Adj.
Shining; dazzling; exquisitely bright.

Definition 2024

fulgent

fulgent

English

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

Latin

Verb

fulgent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of fulgeō

Etymology

Middle English, from Latin fulgens.

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