Fulgid
/ˈfʌl.dʒɪd/noun
Shining brightly; radiant or glittering.
Did you know?Fulgid comes from Latin *fulgidus*, tied to the same Indo-European lightning root that also gave English *flash* and *flame*—language has been storing electricity for millennia.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰelgʰ-
“to shine, flash”
Latin
Latin
fulgēre
“to shine brightly, flash”
Latin
Latin
fulgidus
“shining, gleaming”
Late Latin
Latin
fulgidus
“bright, radiant”
Middle English
English
fulgid
“shining or glittering”
Modern English
English
fulgid
“shining brightly”
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