单词 | fulgour |
释义 | fulgourfulgorn. In later use chiefly poetic. Dazzling brightness; splendour; a bright light, a dazzling beam. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [noun] > brilliance alightingeOE cleretea1340 blasenessa1398 clarityc1400 splendourc1450 resplendishure?1473 resplendour?1473 resplendence?a1475 resplendishing1479 flamingc1540 blazing1563 blaze1586 fulgence1592 fulgoura1600 resplendency1599 splendence1604 nitor1607 refulgence1624 refulgency?1624 fulgurea1634 fulgency1643 fulgidity1656 lucency1656 transplendency1664 vividness1668 brillant1676 shiningness1703 fulgurity1721 vivacity1735 brilliancy1747 brilliance1755 flame1800 éclata1806 vividity1813 prefulgence1892 a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. (1946) vi. xiv. 358 Turnyng fra the son that thare ene be fulgure and bemys thareof suld nocht reill nor glymmare. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida Induct. sig. A4 By..the resplendent fulgor of this steele, I will defende the feminine to death. 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells v. 278 Those Mindes and Essences diuine By nature with Miraculous Fulgor shine. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 302 Chains of burnished Gold or Brass, whose fulgor they delighted in. 1718 J. Hog Missives 5 The heavenly Equity shineth with so much of illustrious Fulgor. 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 13 The fulgour and rapidity of the streams of lightning..exhibited a very awful scene. 1840 W. A. G. Hake Society Organized 38 To ours and every of the worlds out-beamed Descend your piercing fulgours. 1876 L. Morris Epic of Hades ii. 25 Leaped up the hot red sun above the sea, And lit the horrid fulgour of his scales. 1901 L. M. Eilshemius Poet. Wks. 235 Urania! let thy fulgors glow intense. 1930 W. Kirkconnell Tide of Life & Other Poems 48 I wait becalmed upon a torrid sea Under the fulgor of a flaming sun. 1997 P. Kumar Portraits of Passion xxii. 39 Fulfil your needs of love and joy And raise a new world of lonely fulgour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1600 |
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