fulgent

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

From Middle English fulgent, from Latin fulgēns. By surface analysis, Latin fulg(ere) + -ent.

Down a while He sat, and round about him saw unseen: At last, as from a cloud, his fulgent head And shape star-bright appeared, or brighter; clad With what permissive glory since his fall Was left him, or false glitter: All amazed At that so sudden blaze the Stygian throng Bent their aspect, and whom they wished beheld, Their mighty Chief returned: loud was the acclaim: Forth rushed in haste the great consulting peers, Raised from their dark Divan, and with like joy Congratulant approached him; who with hand Silence, and with these words attention, won. — Paradise Lost, John Milton

blazing, blinding, dazzling, glaring, glary

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