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fulgurant
[ fuhl-gyer-uhnt ]
adjective
- flashing like lightning.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fulgurant1
First recorded in 1640–50; from Latin fulgurant- (stem of fulgurāns, present participle of fulgurāre “to lighning, flash, glitter”), derivative of fulgur “flash of lightning”
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Example Sentences
High up into the heavens it tossed the fulgurant fires that betokened its wealth and power.
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In the preceding examples the victims struck dead are not disfigured by the fulgurant force.
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In 1812, a fulgurant discharge took place near Mr. Cowen's and killed his dog beside him, without doing him any harm.
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It seemed to her that the room had become a tent of fulgurant colours.
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