fulgido

Borrowed from Latin fulgidus, derived from fulgeō (“to flash, glare, shine”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈful.d͡ʒi.do/
• Rhymes: -uldʒido
• Hyphenation: fùl‧gi‧do

fulgido (feminine fulgida, masculine plural fulgidi, feminine plural fulgide)

1. (chiefly literary) bright, shining

   Synonyms: (literary) fulgente, luminoso, rifulgente, rilucente, risplendente

   Antonyms: offuscato, opaco, oscuro

   • early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto XXVI”, in Paradiso, lines 1–3:

     Mentr’io dubbiava per lo viso spento,
     de la fulgida fiamma che lo spense
     uscì un spiro che mi fece attento

     While I was doubting for my vision quenched, out of the flame refulgent that had quenched it issued a breathing, that attentive made me

• fulgidamente
• fulgidezza

• fulgido in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

fulgidō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fulgidus

fulgido (feminine fulgida, masculine plural fulgidos, feminine plural fulgidas)

1. past participle of fulgir