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.”
Boscage (noun) bos-kij a mass of trees or shrubs; wood, grove, or thicket. 1350–1400; Middle English boskage. Middle French boscage. (more…)
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