fulgido
See also: fúlgido
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fulgidus, derived from fulgeō (“to flash, glare, shine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈful.d͡ʒi.do/
- Rhymes: -uldʒido
- Hyphenation: fùl‧gi‧do
Adjective
fulgido (feminine fulgida, masculine plural fulgidi, feminine plural fulgide)
- (chiefly literary) bright, shining
- Synonyms: (literary) fulgente, luminoso, rifulgente, rilucente, risplendente
- Antonyms: offuscato, opaco, oscuro
- early 14th 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
Derived terms
- fulgidamente
- fulgidezza
Further reading
- fulgido in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Adjective
fulgidō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fulgidus
Spanish
Participle
fulgido (feminine fulgida, masculine plural fulgidos, feminine plural fulgidas)
- past participle of fulgir