fulgurant
Americanadjective
Etymology
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”
Example Sentences
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To be sure, he does not boast a fulgurant brush, and his line is often stiff and awkward; but he had the fundamentals of decorative art well in hand.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James
This Polish psychologist—a fulgurant expounder of Nietzsche—finds in Chopin faith and mania, the true stigma of the mad individualist, the individual "who in the first instance is naught but an oxidation apparatus."
From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James
It seemed to her that the room had become a tent of fulgurant colours.
From The Paliser case by Saltus, Edgar
His attributes of a fulgurant god are never lost.
From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Hopkins, Edward Washburn
They may reach the summit of earthly glory and strive to seize the fulgurant prize that lured them on, only to find a penumbra—the shadow of a shade.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by Brann, William Cowper
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