Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fulgent

/ˈfʌld͡ʒənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ful-gent
IPA: /ˈfʌld͡ʒənt/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shining brilliantly; radiant.

Example Sentences

"And univerſally, the greateſt and moſt fulgent tails always ariſe from Comets, immediately after their paſſing by the neighbourhood of the Sun."
"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?"

Etymology

From Middle English fulgent, from Latin fulgēns. By surface analysis, Latin fulg(ere) + -ent.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: fulgent, fulgēns

Inflected Forms

more fulgent (comparative) most fulgent (superlative)

Derived Forms

circumfulgent fulgently subfulgent

Frequently Paired Words

effulge fulgence fulgid refulgent

Synonyms

blazing blinding dazzling glaring glary

Questions

How do you pronounce fulgent?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfʌld͡ʒənt/.
What does fulgent mean?: Shining brilliantly; radiant.
Where does fulgent come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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