The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fulgid \Ful"gid\, a. [L. fulgidus. See Fulgent.]
Shining; glittering; dazzling. [R.]
--Pope.
Wiktionary
a. scintillant, coruscant; marked by fleeting flashes of radiant light.
WordNet
adj. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term" [syn: aglitter(p), coruscant, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkling(a), sparkly]
Usage examples of "fulgid".
II When through hot fog the fulgid sun looks down Upon a stagnant earth where listless men Laboriously dawdle, curse, and sweat, Disqualified, unsatisfied, inert, -- It seems to me somehow that God himself Scans with a close reproach what I have done, Counts with an unphrased patience my arrears, And fathoms my unprofitable thoughts.
III On bruise and blood-hole, scar and seam, On blade and bolt, he flung his fulgid beam: His haloes rayed the very gore, And corpses wore his glory-gleam.