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fulgurant
[ fuhl-gyer-uhnt ]
/ ˈfʌl gyər ənt /
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adjective
flashing like lightning.
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Origin of fulgurant
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”
Words nearby fulgurant
fulcrum, fulfil, fulfill, fulfillment, fulgent, fulgurant, fulgurate, fulgurating, fulguration, fulgurite, fulgurous
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How to use fulgurant in a sentence
High up into the heavens it tossed the fulgurant fires that betokened its wealth and power.
In the preceding examples the victims struck dead are not disfigured by the fulgurant force.
Thunder and Lightning|Camille FlammarionIn 1812, a fulgurant discharge took place near Mr. Cowen's and killed his dog beside him, without doing him any harm.
Thunder and Lightning|Camille FlammarionIt seemed to her that the room had become a tent of fulgurant colours.
The Paliser case|Edgar Saltus