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Word of the Day – Fulgour

By April 14, 2018Word of the Day

Fulgour (also fulgor) (noun)

ful-ger

Dazzling brightness; splendour; a bright light, a dazzling beam.

Late 16th century; earliest use found in Boece’s History of Scotland. From classical Latin fulgor brightness, brilliance, radiance, flash, flash of lightning, shining object, splendour, glory from fulgēre to shine + -or.

Example sentences

“There fulgour of her beauty never dimmed, even with age.”

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