fulgidity

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noun

splendour; resplendence; effulgence

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Meanings

nounfulgidity (usually uncountable, plural fulgidities)

plural fulgidities

  1. obsoleteuncountableusuallysplendour; resplendence; effulgence

    The ceruleous canopy was merging into fulgidity from the ascension of Phoebus—every entity about me seemed to revel in the universal resuscitation.

    1870, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, Letters to Squire Pedant: In the East

Origin

From fulgid + -ity. By surface analysis, Latin fulg(ere) + -id + -i- + -ty.

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APA

fulgidity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fulgidity

MLA

“fulgidity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fulgidity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fulgidity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fulgidity.

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