fulgurating

[fuhl-gyuh-rey-ting]

adjective

Medicine/Medical.

1. (of pains) sharp and piercing.

fulgurating

/ ˈfʌlɡjʊˌreɪtɪŋ /

adjective

1. pathol (of pain) sudden and sharp; piercing

2. surgery of or relating to fulguration

Word History and Origins

Origin of fulgurating¹

First recorded in 1670–80; fulgurat(e) + -ing ²

Example Sentences

The fulgurating Revelation set all his unknowing aspirations in a blaze and fanned the flame of the latent forces stored in his soul during fifteen years of contemplation.

From Project Gutenberg

All the while, however, we pretend that the eternal is unrolling, that the one previous justice, grammar or truth is simply fulgurating, and not being made.

From Project Gutenberg