单词 | fulgent |
释义 | fulgentadj. 1. Shining brightly, radiant; glittering; resplendent. Frequently poetic. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [adjective] > brilliant or resplendent flaming?a1400 livelyc1425 resplendent?1440 resplendant?1473 resplendishant?1473 fulgent?a1475 resplendishing1479 splendiferousa1500 vehement1528 preclarec1550 profulgent1561 prelucent1568 splendicant1592 full1599 resplending1600 splendorous1604 splendious1609 splendid1634 flammeous1646 vivid1665 brilliant1681 effulgent1737 fulgorous1772 spandy-bright1968 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 13 Asches or sonde, whiche semenge as thynges impure and wontenge lyȝhte be wonte to yelde pure materes and fulgent [L. fulgentes]. a1500 in L. T. Smith York Plays (1885) 514 (MED) Hayle! fulgent Phebus. 1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) 217 Fresch, fulgent, flurist, fragrant flour formois. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 563 It doth lesse hinder the fulgent brightnes of the christaline. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 449 At last as from a Cloud his fulgent head And shape Starr-bright appeer'd. View more context for this quotation 1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace 78 His Arm no longer could..Shine in fulgent Arms, and Sun the Field. 1770 R. Glover Leonidas (ed. 5) I. iv. 138 Other Thracians..fulgent morions wore, With horns of bulls in imitating brass, Curv'd o'er the crested ridge. 1807 W. Wordsworth Poems II. 56 Then issued Vesper from the fulgent West. 1835 Blackwood's Mag. 38 401 Brighter..than the stream Which in Pirene shed its fulgent gleam. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist II. ii. 32 The studious mind..throws off acids and crusty particles in the piling of the years, until it is fulgent by clarity. 1931 Rotarian Oct. 23/2 A golden moon, fulgent as the sun, shed its light over the African waters. 1979 Ebony Oct. 58/2 Cecil Taylor, whose fulgent keyboard technique combines poetic sensibility with the uproariousness of a thunderstorm. 2014 Sunday Times (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 17 Aug. Jonas Jonasson was looking leached and oyster-eyed in the fulgent Cape sun. 2. Heraldry. Having rays. Usually as postmodifier. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > other heraldic representations > [adjective] > having rays fulgent1688 irradiated1864 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. i. 17/1 He beareth Azure, an Estoile of eight points, also a Star fulgent of eight Rays. 1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Fulgent, having rays, as a star fulgent. 1882 Notes & Queries 29 July 83/1 In dexter chief an estoile fulgent of the last. 1973 B. Mastai & M. L. d'O. Mastai Stripes & Stars 5 Franklin ascends to Olympus guided by Minerva on whose buckler glow great fulgent stars of eight rays, characteristic of the treatment of heraldic stars in European art. Derivatives ˈfulgently adv. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [adverb] > brilliantly resplendentlyc1487 breme1584 refulgently1626 fulgently1662 vividly1668 resplendidly1796 brilliantly1813 lucidly1820 vivida1821 1662 J. L. Poem Royal Sacred Maiesty Charles II (single sheet) The Sun and Stars more fulgently appear. 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians I. iii. 45 Her hero faced about and stood up, looking at her fulgently. 2006 Guardian (Nexis) 8 Dec. (Film & Music) 3 The 1939 film—black and white to suit the drabness of Kansas, fulgently Technicolor when Dorothy opens the door onto magical Oz. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Fulgentness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1475 |
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