fulgor

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noun

Splendor, splendour; dazzling brightness.

OriginLatin fulgor →
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Meanings

nounfulgor (usually uncountable, plural fulgors)

plural fulgors · alternative fulgour

  1. uncountableusuallySplendor, splendour; dazzling brightness.

    She held on straight for the Red Sea under a serene sky, under a sky scorching and unclouded, enveloped in a fulgor of sunshine that killed all thought, oppressed the heart, withered all impulses of strength and energy.

    1900, Joseph Conrad, chapter 2, in Lord Jim

Origin

  1. Latinfulgor
  2. Englishfulgor

Borrowed from Latin fulgor.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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