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tonitrual, a. rare—1.|təʊˈnɪtruːəl|
[ad. rare late L. tonitruāl-is (L. Appuleius), f. tonitru-s thunder.]
Pertaining to, or loaded with, thunder. So toˈnitruant a., less regularly tonitrant |ˈtɒnɪtrənt| [ad. late L. tonitruānt-em, pres. pple. of tonitruāre to thunder (Vulg. Ps. lxxvi.)], thundering (fig.); toˈnitruate v. (less regularly ˈtonitrate) [late L. tonitruāre: see -ate3], to thunder (intr. and trans.); tonitruˈation, thundering (in quot. 1689, ? explosion, or ? = fulmination 3); ˈtonitruˌone, a device for imitating thunder (see quot.); toˈnitruous a. (less regularly ˈtonitrous), full of or characterized by thunder, loud noise, or violent utterance; thundery; thundering.
a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. li, They may..charging those *Tonitrual Guns afresh, turn the whole force of that Artillery against ourselves.
1861M. Collins in Temple Bar Mag. I. 576 *Tonitrant writer in leading journal. 1907Times 5 Sept. 8/1 Mr. Asche's robust personality and tonitruant style.
1623Cockeram, *Tonitrate, to thunder. 1630Randolph Shirley's Gratef. Servant Pref. Verses, I cannot fulminate nor tonitruate words To puzzle intellects. 1656S. Holland Zara (1719) 60 This potent..Incantation..was no sooner utter'd by the Inchantress, but it tonitruated horribly. 1666G. Harvey Morb. Angl. iv. 42 Winds and rumblings..whose tonitruating noise might have been heard at a great distance.
1658Phillips, *Tonitruation (Lat.), a thundring. 1689G. Harvey Curing Dis. by Expect. xvii. 132 Minerals are to be disrobed of their Venom..by Tonitruation, Sublimation [etc.].
1909Times 13 Feb. 8/1 The ‘*tonitruone’,..a piece of iron fastened to a wooden frame and shaken by hand, produces a strange thunderous sound—and is of M. Paderewski's own invention.
1606Drummond of Hawthornden Answ. to Challenge Wks. (1711) 233 Most *tonitruous, astonishing chevaliers, re⁓know ye, that we..do allow you this for answer. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. v. 88 This tonnitruous and fulminating report of gunnes. a1704T. Brown Walk round Lond., Thames Wks. 1709 III. iii. 64 By whom Billingsgate was much outdone in..tonitrous Verbosity, and malicious Scurrility. 1882J. Nichol Amer. Lit. ii. 51 Increase [Mather] had a tonitruous cogency in his perorations. |