fulgent

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

fulgent
    adj 1: shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding
           headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of
           sunlight"; "the glaring sun" [syn: {blazing}, {blinding},
           {dazzling}, {fulgent}, {glaring}, {glary}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fulgent \Ful"gent\, a. [L. fulgens, -entis, p. pr. of fulgere to
   flash, glitter, shine, akin to Gr. ? to burn. See {Phlox},
   {Flagrant}.]
   Exquisitely bright; shining; dazzling; effulgent.
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         Other Thracians . . . fulgent morions wore. --Glower.
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