English Explanatory Dictionary

fulminant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. That fulminates.
  2. Appearing quickly and with destructive effects.
noun
  1. A thunderbolt.
  2. An explosive.

Word forms

fulminant fulminants

Etymology

Borrowed from French fulminant, from Latin fulminō (“strike like lightning”). By surface analysis, fulmin(ate) + -ant or fulmine + -ant.

Derived words

fulminantly nonfulminant subfulminant
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