It's the Word of the Day podcast for December 9th.

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Today's word is Fulgent, spelled F-U-L-G-E-N-T. Fulgent is an adjective. It's a formal,

often poetic word used to describe something that is dazzlingly bright. It's a synonym of the word

radiant. Here's the word used in a sentence from the New York Times by Mitchell S. Jackson.

Kendrick Lamar starts rapping a verse with his back to the crowd. On giant screens behind him,

you can see the chrome embellishments along the outseam of his pants and one of his

handles, Oklama, emblazoned in bold white old English letters across the back of his black

vest, the yellow gradient of his sunglasses, the fulgent glint of his diamond earrings.

The weary sun betook himself to rest, then issued Vesper from the Fulgent

west. That's how the appearance of the evening star in the glowing western sky at sunset looked

to 19th century poet Wordsworth. Fulgent was a particularly apt choice to describe the dazzling light of the sky at sunset.

The word comes from the Latin verb Fulgare, meaning to shine brightly.

While not the most common of descriptors,

English speakers have been using Fulgent to depict radiant splendor since at least the 15th century.

With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.

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