Word of the Day – Fulgent

Fulgent (adj)

ful-jhunt

Shining brightly; dazzling

First recorded around 1425. From the Latin fulgēns, meaning “shining; illustrious.” Distantly related to blaze through the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰel-, meaning “shiny, white.”

Example sentences

“The fulgent moon was bright over the mountains.”