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fulgent

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ful·gent  (fljnt, fl-)
adj.
Shining brilliantly; radiant: "tower searchlights . . . as fulgent as half a billion candles" (Nicholas Proffitt).
[Middle English, from Latin fulgns, fulgent-, present participle of fulgre, to flash, shine; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
fulgent·ly adv.
fulgent [ˈfʌldʒənt], fulgid [ˈfʌldʒɪd]
adj
Poetic shining brilliantly; resplendent; gleaming
[from Latin fulgēre to shine, flash]
fulgently  adv
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Adj.1.fulgent - shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun"
blazing, blinding, glaring, glary, dazzling
bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"


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