FULGENT

PRONUNCIATION: (FUHL-juhnt)

MEANING: adjective: Shining brilliantly; radiant.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin fulgere (to shine). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhel- (to shine or burn), which is also the source of blaze, blank, blond, bleach, blanket, and flame. Earliest documented use: 1475.
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FURLGENT - the guy who folds up the flag

FUNGENT - a gigolo

BULGENT - showing a beer-belly