Dictionary.com

Popular Searches

 Thesaurus.com

-ulent

American  

  1. a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin, with the meaning “having in quantity, full of ” that specified by the initial element.

    corpulent; fraudulent; opulent; purulent.
-ulent British  

suffix

  1. abundant or full of

    fraudulent
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of -ulent

From the Latin suffix -ulentus

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Pū′beral; Pūber′ulent, covered with very fine downy hairs.—ns.

From Project Gutenberg

Hence to name these institutions, under such charters, colleges, is a fraud- ulent claim.

From Project Gutenberg

Originally, preposterous meant having the after part before. ulent = full of.

From Project Gutenberg

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.