Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913 Fulgent Ful′gent (·jent), a. [L. fulgens, -entis, p. pr. of fulgere to flash, glitter, shine, akin to Gr. φλέγειν to burn. See Phlox, Flagrant.] Exquisitely bright; shining; dazzling; effulgent. Other Thracians . . . fulgent morions wore. Glower. ‹ Fulgency Fulgently ›