fulgurous

[ fuhl-gyer-uhs ]

adjective
  1. characteristic of or resembling lightning: the fulgurous cracking of a whip.

Origin of fulgurous

1
1610–20; <Latin fulgur- (see fulgurate) + -ous

Words Nearby fulgurous

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How to use fulgurous in a sentence

  • The naturalists say they are generated in the sky by fulgurous exhalation conglobed in a cloud by the circumfused humor.

    The Book of the Damned | Charles Fort

British Dictionary definitions for fulgurous

fulgurous

/ (ˈfʌlɡjʊrəs) /


adjective
  1. rare flashing like or resembling lightning; fulgurant

Origin of fulgurous

1
C17: from Latin fulgur lightning

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