bolide
Meanings
noun
- An extremely bright meteor.
- Any extraterrestrial body that collides with Earth.
- A fireball.
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Etymology
Borrowed from French bolide, from Latin bolis, from Ancient Greek βολίς (bolís, “missile, arrow, javelin”). Doublet of bolis.
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