fulgurousadj.

Brit.

/ˈfʌlɡjᵿrəs/, U.S.

/ˈfəlɡ(j)ərəs/,

/ˈfʊlɡ(j)ərəs/

Forms: 1600s fulgrous, 1800s– fulgurous.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin fulgur , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin fulgur fulgur n. + -ous suffix.

Chiefly literary.

Resembling lightning; full of or charged with lightning. Frequently figurative.

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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [adjective] > of lightning: in specific form > flashing like lightning

fulgurant1611

fulgurous1616

fulgural1656

fulgurating1677

fulgureous1865

1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale viii. 217 The pitchie clowdes of fulgrous heavn.

1830 H. Smith Midsummer Medley I. 8 Up from the westward heaves a mass of clouds,..Which rapidly the whole horizon shrouds In lurid gloom, and fulgurous eclipse.

1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xix. viii. 612 The angry similitude had shot, slightly fulgurous and consolatory, athwart the gloom of one's mood.

1899 Sketch 11 Jan. 467/1 The passages of deep fulgurous colour and rugged but impetuous impasto in Rembrandt's colossal portrait.

1925 Amer. Mercury Aug. 480/2 In the seventy-five years of San Francisco's existence there was more fulgurous life than in three cycles of Cathay.

1955 Revue Belge de Musicologie 9 92 The fulgurous terror results not from the central figures but from the surrealistically exaggerated perspective of the storm-swept piazza behind them.

2011 Afr. News (Nexis) 9 Mar. For such a fulgurous jump to riches these people have economic sanctions to thank for their once a lifetime fortune.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fulgurous
释义	fulgurousadj. Brit. /ˈfʌlɡjᵿrəs/, U.S. /ˈfəlɡ(j)ərəs/, /ˈfʊlɡ(j)ərəs/ Forms: 1600s fulgrous, 1800s– fulgurous. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin fulgur , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin fulgur fulgur n. + -ous suffix. Chiefly literary. Resembling lightning; full of or charged with lightning. Frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [adjective] > of lightning: in specific form > flashing like lightning fulgurant1611 fulgurous1616 fulgural1656 fulgurating1677 fulgureous1865 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale viii. 217 The pitchie clowdes of fulgrous heavn. 1830 H. Smith Midsummer Medley I. 8 Up from the westward heaves a mass of clouds,..Which rapidly the whole horizon shrouds In lurid gloom, and fulgurous eclipse. 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xix. viii. 612 The angry similitude had shot, slightly fulgurous and consolatory, athwart the gloom of one's mood. 1899 Sketch 11 Jan. 467/1 The passages of deep fulgurous colour and rugged but impetuous impasto in Rembrandt's colossal portrait. 1925 Amer. Mercury Aug. 480/2 In the seventy-five years of San Francisco's existence there was more fulgurous life than in three cycles of Cathay. 1955 Revue Belge de Musicologie 9 92 The fulgurous terror results not from the central figures but from the surrealistically exaggerated perspective of the storm-swept piazza behind them. 2011 Afr. News (Nexis) 9 Mar. For such a fulgurous jump to riches these people have economic sanctions to thank for their once a lifetime fortune. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1616
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