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fulgent

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ful⋅gent

  [fuhl-juhnt]
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–adjective
shining brightly; dazzling; resplendent: fulgent patterns of sunlight.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L fulgent- (s. of fulgēns, prp. of fulgēre), equiv. to fulg- flash + -ent- -ent

Related forms:
ful⋅gent⋅ly, adverb
ful⋅gent⋅ness, noun
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ful·gent   (fŏŏl'jənt, fŭl'-)   
adj.  Shining brilliantly; radiant: "tower searchlights . . . as fulgent as half a billion candles" (Nicholas Proffitt).

[Middle English, from Latin fulgēns, fulgent-, present participle of fulgēre, to flash, shine; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
ful'gent·ly adv.
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