fulgurous

[fuhl-gyer-uhs]

ful·gu·rous

[fuhl-gyer-uhs]
adjective
characteristic of or resembling lightning: the fulgurous cracking of a whip.

Origin:
1610–20; < Latin fulgur- (see fulgurate) + -ous
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Fulgurous is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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fulgurous (ˈfʌlɡjʊrəs)
 
adj
rare flashing like or resembling lightning; fulgurant
 
[C17: from Latin fulgur lightning]

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