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fulgor

fulgor noun: splendor, splendour; dazzling brightness.

Noun

fulgor (usually uncountable, plural fulgors)

  1. (usually) Splendor, splendour; dazzling brightness.
    • She held on straight for the Red Sea under a serene sky, under a sky scorching and unclouded, enveloped in a fulgor of sunshine that killed all thought, oppressed the heart, withered all impulses of strength and energy.1900, Joseph Conrad, chapter 2, in Lord Jim

Forms of fulgor

pluralfulgors
alternative formfulgour

Origin of fulgor

Borrowed from Latin fulgor.

Questions about fulgor

What does fulgor mean?
Fulgor means splendor, splendour; dazzling brightness.
What part of speech is fulgor?
Fulgor is a noun.
What is the plural of fulgor?
The plural of fulgor is fulgors.

Words near fulgor in the dictionary

  1. fulgides
  2. fulgidities
  3. fulgidity
  4. Fulginiti
  5. Fulginitis
  6. fulgor
  7. Fulgora
  8. fulgorid
  9. fulgorids
  10. fulgoroid
  11. fulgoroids

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