fulmine

[ fuhl-min ]

/ ˈfʌl mɪn /

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verb (used with or without object), ful·mined, ful·min·ing.Archaic.

to fulminate.

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Origin of fulmine

First recorded in 1580–90, fulmine is from the Latin word fulmināre

Words nearby fulmine

fulminant, fulminate, fulminating compound, fulminating powder, fulmination, fulmine, fulminic, fulminic acid, fulminous, fulsome, Fulton

How to use fulmine in a sentence

In a preceding line there is an allusion to the proverb, Procul a Jove, sed procul a fulmine.
The Plays of Philip Massinger|Philip Massinger
Ipse repertorem medicinæ talis et artis Fulmine Phœbigenam Stygias detrusit ad undas.
The Advancement of Learning|Francis Bacon
Ipsum vero Pallas fulmine percussum procell vi scopulo etiam allisit.
Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 109, November 29, 1851|Various
From the same root come our words "fate," "fanatic," etc. "Fanaticum dicitur arbor fulmine icta."
Ten Great Religions|James Freeman Clarke

From what hand shall it fulmine over England as over Greece?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845|Various