fulgent

adjective /ˈfʌld͡ʒənt/

1. Shining brilliantly; radiant.

   And univerſally, the greateſt and moſt fulgent tails always ariſe from Comets, immediately after their paſſing by the neighbourhood of the Sun.

Where it comes from

From Middle English fulgent, from Latin fulgēns. By surface analysis, Latin fulg(ere) + -ent.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry fulgent (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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