Obs. [f. next: see -ENCY.] Fulgent quality; brightness, splendor.
1659. D. Pell, Impr. Sea, 480. A flower that will constantly expose itself unto the fulgency of the Sun.
1794. Sullivan, View Nat., II. 412. From the great fulgency and clearness of the suns light, it appears to proceed rather from a flame or rarefied fluid vapour, than from a mere ignited dense body.