fulgent

Dictionary: ful·gent (fʊl'jənt, fŭl'-) pronunciation

adj.
Shining brilliantly; radiant: "tower searchlights . . . as fulgent as half a billion candles" (Nicholas Proffitt).

[Middle English, from Latin fulgēns, fulgent-, present participle of fulgēre, to flash, shine.]

fulgently ful'gent·ly adv.

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dazzlingly bright: radiant

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IN BRIEF: Very bright or radiant.

There was one tiny though fulgent light in the corner of the darkened room.

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