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prefulgency

prefulgency noun: superior brightness or effulgency.

Noun

prefulgency (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Superior brightness or effulgency.
    • the prefulgency of his excellent worth and merita. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn]...
    • We are here occupied with an analytical exposition that tasked the mind of a Shakespeare throughout his whole life, which served as a support to his spirit, and which he dedicated to future and more enlightened ages, hoping that, Psych-like, it would some day burst its enthralment, and display...1862, D. Barnstorff, A Key to Shakespeare's Sonnets, page 126

Origin of prefulgency

From Latin praefulgens, present participle of praefulgere (“to shine forth”). See pre- and fulgent.

Questions about prefulgency

What does prefulgency mean?
Prefulgency means superior brightness or effulgency.
What part of speech is prefulgency?
Prefulgency is a noun.

Words near prefulgency in the dictionary

  1. prefroze
  2. prefrozen
  3. prefs
  4. prefuck
  5. prefulgence
  6. prefulgency
  7. prefulgent
  8. prefunctional
  9. prefunctionalization
  10. prefunctionalizations
  11. prefundamental

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