Dictionary

profulgent en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /pɹəˈfʌld͡ʒənt/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Shining 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:

Forms