fulmine

American  

[fuhl-min] / ˈfʌl mɪn /

verb (used with or without object)

Archaic.

fulmined, fulmining

1. to fulminate.

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Etymology

Origin of fulmine

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

Example Sentences

Next in place, next in miseries and discontents, in all manner of hair-brain actions, are great men, procul a Jove, procul a fulmine, the nearer the worse.

From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert

Intenm tamen Episcopi, anathematis fulmine terribiles, alios in suam potestatem redegerunt, alios furibunda sæuitia id temporis persecuti sunt.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Hakluyt, Richard

Inde aliae tempestates ventique secuntur, altitonans Volturnus et auster fulmine pollens.

From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Bushnell, Curtis C.

Sed mihi vel tellus optem prius ima dehiscat, Vel Pater omnipotens adigat me fulmine ad umbras, Pallentes umbras Erebi, noctemque profundum, Ante, pudor, quam te violem, aut tua jure resolvam.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 287, December 15, 1827 by Various

"Ter sunt conati imponere Pelio Ossam Scilicet, atque Ossâ frondosum involvere Olympum; Ter pater exstructos dejecit fulmine montes."

From Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 by Hughes, John