profulgent

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/pɹəˈfʌld͡ʒənt/

adjective

Shining out; gleaming.

OriginLatin fulgeō →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

adjectiveprofulgent (comparative more profulgent, superlative most profulgent)

comparative more profulgent · superlative most profulgent

  1. obsoleteShining out; gleaming.

    Truth may stand forth unmoved of change, / An image with profulgent brows, / And perfect limbs, […]

    1830, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “[Juvenilia.] Supposed Confessions of a Second-rate Sensitive Mind”, in The Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1884, →OCLC, page 16

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
effulgentshining

Origin

  1. Latinfulgeō“to shine”
  2. Englishprofulgent

From pro- + Latin fulgeō (“to shine”).

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Chicago

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