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fulmine

[ fuhl-min ]

verb (used with or without object)

, Archaic.
, ful·mined, ful·min·ing.
  1. to fulminate.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fulmine1

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

In a preceding line there is an allusion to the proverb, Procul a Jove, sed procul a fulmine.

Ipse repertorem medicinæ talis et artis Fulmine Phœbigenam Stygias detrusit ad undas.

Ipsum vero Pallas fulmine percussum procell vi scopulo etiam allisit.

From the same root come our words "fate," "fanatic," etc. "Fanaticum dicitur arbor fulmine icta."

From what hand shall it fulmine over England as over Greece?

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