foudroyant

[ foo-droi-uhnt; French foo-drwa-yahn ]

adjective
  1. striking as with lightning; sudden and overwhelming in effect; stunning; dazzling.

  2. Pathology. (of disease) beginning in a sudden and severe form.

Origin of foudroyant

1
1830–40; <French, present participle of foudroyer to strike with lightning, derivative of foudre lightning <Latin fulgur

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foudroyant

/ (fuːˈdrɔɪənt) /


adjective
  1. (of a disease) occurring suddenly and with great severity

  2. rare stunning, dazzling, or overwhelming

Origin of foudroyant

1
C19: from French, from foudroyer to strike with lightning, from Old French foudre lightning, from Latin fulgur

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