The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fulgent \Ful"gent\, a. [L. fulgens, -entis, p. pr. of fulgere to flash, glitter, shine, akin to Gr. ? to burn. See Phlox, Flagrant.] Exquisitely bright; shining; dazzling; effulgent.
Other Thracians . . . fulgent morions wore.
--Glower.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"bright, dazzling," early 15c., from Latin fulgentem (nominative fulgens) "shining, bright, dazzling," present participle of fulgere "to shine" (see fulminate). Related: Fulgently.
Wiktionary
a. shining brilliantly; radiant.
WordNet
Usage examples of "fulgent".
And they were surmounted by a mighty dome of glass, through which shone the sun and moon and planets when it was clear, and from which were hung fulgent images of the sun and moon and stars and planets when it was not clear.
He may also perceive a resemblance in the wine to the studious mind, which is the obverse of our mortality, and throws off acids and crusty particles in the piling of the years, until it is fulgent by clarity.
And over plain and far sierra spread The fulgent rays of fading afternoon, Showing each utmost peak and watershed All clarified, each tassel and festoon Of floating cloud embroidered overhead, Like lotus-leaves on bluest waters strewn, Flushing with rose, while all breathes fresh and free In peace and amplitude and bland tranquillity.
It raised the hairs on the back of his hand, and when he gazed into it the soft light curved into fulgent tunnelings.
Where was the fulgent peak of Higashi Honganji Temple, sweeping upward among the surrounding tiled roofs like the upturned chin of a princess among her retainers?
The torrent plunged into the fractures, the water drops sparkling with rubescent shimmer in the fulgent splendor of blazing fuel tanks.
Down a while He sate, and round about him saw unseen: At last as from a Cloud his fulgent head And shape Starr bright appeer'd, or brighter, clad With what permissive glory since his fall Was left him, or false glitter: All amaz'd At that so sudden blaze the STYGIAN throng Bent thir aspect, and whom they wish'd beheld, Thir mighty Chief returnd: loud was th' acclaime: Forth rush'd in haste the great consulting Peers, Rais'd from thir dark DIVAN, and with like joy Congratulant approach'd him, who with hand Silence, and with these words attention won.