Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Flashing; glittering; shining; gleaming; dazzling: as, “fulgid weapons,”
- Specifically In entom.; Of a bright, fiery red.
- Of a reddish-brown diaphanous color with red reflections, as displayed on the wings of certain Hymenoptera.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Shining; glittering; dazzling.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Scintillant ,coruscant ; marked by fleeting flashes of radiantlight .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
Etymologies
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Examples
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We are all in thrall to the fulgid patriarch that boils the summer sky.
If you think it's hot here, you should try Iraq....... membrain 2005
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We are all in thrall to the fulgid patriarch that boils the summer sky.
Archive 2005-08-01 membrain 2005
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Through the brown shade the fulgid weapons shined:
The Iliad of Homer 2003
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But that which most excessively dazzled my sight, was a very black robe, fulgid with
Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. Margaret Fuller 1830
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THE tempest now relaxes, its impetus is spent, and a calm serenity gradually takes place; by noon they break away, the blue sky appears, the fulgid sun-beams spread abroad their animating light, and the steady western wind resumes his peaceful reign.
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Through the brown shade the fulgid weapons shined:
The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1716
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"aquatic gods," daemons with fulgid eyes, and all the rest of the
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 Various
vanishedone commented on the word fulgid
Are there any other WeirdNet definitions that look quite so much like thesaurus entries? Edit: oddly enough, the definition for fulgent is nothing of the sort.
December 21, 2008
Telofy commented on the word fulgid
@ VanishedOne: egregious
December 23, 2008
vanishedone commented on the word fulgid
Fitting...
December 23, 2008