fulgurance
/ˈfʌlɡjʊrəns/
Etymology
From fulgurant + -ance.
fulgurance means brilliance, effulgence, light like lightning. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
fulgurance is pronounced /ˈfʌlɡjʊrəns/.
Why “fulgurance” is a great word
FULGURANCE — [Noun] Sudden, dazzling brilliance or radiance, especially of a flash of light or a brilliant idea. From the English adjective fulgurant ("flashing like lightning"), from the Latin fulgurant-, present participle stem of fulgurare ("to flash, to lighten"), from fulgur ("lightning, flash"), with the noun-forming suffix -ance (denoting state or quality). First attested in English in 1652 by the poet Edward Benlowes. Unlike "effulgence," which suggests a steady, majestic glow, or "coruscation," which implies a glittering series of sparks, fulgurance is a singular, sharp, and transient flash. It is the instantaneous blaze of a bolt that splits a bruised sky, the first white-hot arc of a welder's torch in a dim shop, or the idea that arrives fully formed between one heartbeat and the next—a brief, violent clarity that defines the darkness it leaves behind.
noun
- brilliance, effulgence, light like lightning
- brilliance