profulgent

From pro- + Latin fulgeō (“to shine”).

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈfʌld͡ʒənt/

profulgent (comparative more profulgent, superlative most profulgent)

1. (obsolete) Shining out; gleaming.
   • 1830, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “[Juvenilia.] Supposed Confessions of a Second-rate Sensitive Mind”, in The Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1884, →OCLC, page 16:

     Truth may stand forth unmoved of change, / An image with profulgent brows, / And perfect limbs, […]

• “profulgent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

profulgent

1. Shining forth; brilliant; effulgent.
   • a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, Nine Ladies Worthie:

     profulgent in preciousness