fulgency means brightness; splendour; glitter; effulgence. It carries an Arena rating of 1657, earned across 32 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, fulgency ranks #2,330 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #3,281 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #4,347 of 17,127 for Most Vivid Words, #4,532 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words.
Why “fulgency” is a great word
FULGENCY — [Noun] The quality or state of dazzlingly intense and splendid brightness. Formed within English by derivation from the adjective 'fulgent' (from Latin fulgent-, fulgens, present participle of fulgēre, 'to shine') and the noun-forming suffix '-ency'. Unlike 'radiance', which suggests a steady, warm diffusion, or 'gleam', which denotes a brief and modest flash, fulgency implies a sharp, sustained, and overwhelming brilliance. It is the cold, hard glitter of sunlight on a drawn sword, the shocking white of magnesium burning in air, and the annihilating sheen at the heart of a star—a splendor so fierce it threatens to erase what it illuminates.
noun
- brightness; splendour; glitter; effulgencee.g.“Besides, that from its fulgency it appears like flame.” — 1787, Tobias George Smollett, The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, volume 63:
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