fulminant
[fuhl-muh-nuh nt]
- occurring suddenly and with great intensity or severity; fulminating.
- Pathology. developing or progressing suddenly: fulminant plague.
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Origin of fulminant
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Such cases are not so rare as they are thought, though they are seldom so fulminant.
PsychotherapyJames J. Walsh
The howl that would go up in the Diet, or the Reichstag, the fulminant denials by prince and king and government!
Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown PrincessHenry W. Fischer
Thus we describe certain cases as ambulant, abortive, larval and fulminant.
PlagueThomas Wright Jackson
In some cases, the fulminant fluid only attacks the colour of the hair of the animal.
Thunder and LightningCamille Flammarion
We also have the sadly familiar type described as the fulminant or, literally, "lightning-stroke" variety.
Preventable DiseasesWoods Hutchinson
fulminant
- sudden and violent; fulminating
- pathol (of pain) sudden and sharp; piercing
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin fulmināre to cause lightning, from fulmen lightning that strikes
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Word Origin and History for fulminant
adj.
c.1600, from French fulminant or directly from Latin fulminantem (nominative fulminans), present participle of fulminare (see fulminate). As a noun from 1808.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
fulminant
(ful′mə-nənt, fŭl′-)- Occurring suddenly, rapidly, and with great severity or intensity, usually of pain.
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