fulminantadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈfʊlmᵻnənt/,

/ˈfʌlmᵻnənt/, U.S.

/ˈfʊlmənənt/,

/ˈfəlmənənt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin fulminant-, fulmināns, fulmināre.

Etymology: < classical Latin fulminant-, fulmināns (also 1613 in aurum fulminans , or earlier, in an alchemy context), present participle of fulmināre fulminate v. Compare Middle French, French fulminant (second half of the 14th cent. or earlier), Spanish fulminante (1547), Portuguese fulminante (1572), Italian fulminante (1553).In sense A. 2 after French fulminant (1606 or earlier in this sense). In sense A. 3 after Italian fulminante (1832 in colera fulminante, or earlier).

A. adj.

1. = fulminating adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > [adjective] > furiously angry

grim971

aweddeOE

woodlyc1000

anburstc1275

woodc1275

aburstc1300

eagerc1325

brotheful1330

brothely1330

furiousc1374

wroth as (the) wind1377

throc1380

fella1382

wrothlya1400

grindelc1400

raginga1425

furibund1490

bremit1535

outraging1567

fulminant?1578

wood-like1578

horn-mad1579

snuff1582

woodful1582

maddeda1586

rageful1585

furibundal1593

gary1609

fierce1611

wild1653

infuriate1667

hopping mad1675

maddened1735

sulphureous1751

savage1789

infuriated1796

bouncing mad1834

frenzy1859

furyinga1861

ropeable1870

furied1878

fulminous1886

livid1888

fit to be tied1894

hopping1894

fighting mad1896

tamping mad1946

up the wall1951

ravers1967

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > denunciation > [adjective] > violently

fulminant?1578

fulminating1624

?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 16 Az had wee not been assured the fulminant deitee waz all but in amitee..it woold haue made me for my part..very vengeably afeard.

1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 78 Let..his fulminant foolish deity..bee measured by the law of God.

1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel ii. 46 Who..had power over Purgatory and Hell, thither to strike innoncent Souls by his fulminant Excommunications.

1818 T. Moore Fudge Family in Paris vii. 99 Fierce was the cry and fulminant the ban.

1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 117 The iron duke From whom the fulminant Frenchman knew defeat.

1903 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 386 Those men of big words and little faith who, despite their noisy asseverations and fulminant abuse, shrank from vigorous action.

1983 New York 14 Feb. 78/3 Fulminant public anger, threatened lynchings, thrown bottles, scabrous graffiti, smeared dog-merds.

2015 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 24 June a11 Radical feminists exploded in fulminant rage.

2. Chemistry. = fulminating adj. 2b. Now rare and chiefly historical.

ΚΠ

1657 J. Davies tr. G. Naudé Hist. Magick iii. 37 The Fulminant Gold [Fr. or fulminant] of Beguinus, the Vegetall Tree of the Chymists, and many such naturall miracles which these Authours affirme they have seen and experienc'd.

1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ix. 396/2 3j. of this Fulminant Gold put into a Silver Spoon or Ladle; and held over the Fire, will give a louder bounce than..the finest and best Gunpowder.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xxxix. 123 But fulminant silver..is still more violent than the aurum fulminans.

1845 U.S. Naut. Mag. 1 151 The circumstances which have attended the manufacture of fulminant mercury adduce sometimes much more remarkable modifications in the proportion of its elements.

1894 tr. P. Mantegazza Art of Taking Wife iii. 74 The combination of an old man and a young woman is a very frail one; at the least shock it is separated, as with fulminant mercury, chloride of azote, and all the infinite array of explosives.

1961 A. Ferri Fund. Data Shock-tube Exper. 349 Spherical detonation waves having the same velocity as plane detonation waves were observed..in mixtures of CS₂ + 3O₂, and 2H₂ + O₂, with fulminant mercury as an ignitor.

2015 H. Fors Limits Matter iii. 61 There were some extraordinarily effective gold-based medicines, such as fulminant gold.

3. Medicine. Of a disease or pathological process: becoming very severe or life-threatening, esp. within a short period of time; = fulminating adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > developing suddenly

fulminant1838

fulminating1866

1838 Brit. & Foreign Med. Rev. 5 235 It is not true Asiatic cholera unless there is an affection of the heart and vascular system, which, in the fulminant cholera (il colera fulminante,) with instant death, is a real paralysis of the heart.

1847 Lancet 13 Nov. 521/2 It would appear marvellous, that apoplexy from excitement, even in its most fulminant form, should prove so suddenly fatal.

1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 104 The fulminant forms of anthrax.

1887 Med. News 8 Jan. 41/1 The glandular alterations were especially pronounced in fulminant cases.

1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 416/2 The fact that such comparatively subtle symptoms..were not recorded may not be very informative in these fulminant psychoses.

2006 L. Collier & J. Oxford Human Virol. (ed. 3) xxii. 170/1 This agent..may have little or no effect on the associated hepatitis B infection, but sometimes causes fulminant hepatitis.

B. n.

Something that fulminates; a thunderbolt; an explosive. Also fig. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > explosive material > [noun]

fulminant1807

explosive1836

fulminator1861

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad viii. 308 He [sc. Benjamin Franklin] bids conflicting fulminants expire The guided blast, and holds the imprison'd fire.

1891 Chambers's Encycl. (new ed.) VII. 16/1 This book was a pothouse fulminant, levelled against the ethical theories of Shaftesbury.

1913 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 25 Nov. 984/2 A fulminant in each of said sections at the open end of said housing.

1948 Times 23 Dec. 5/4 A small parcel of sweets, &c., containing a fulminant, which explodes when pulled sharply at both ends.

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

单词	fulminant
释义	fulminantadj.n. Brit. /ˈfʊlmᵻnənt/, /ˈfʌlmᵻnənt/, U.S. /ˈfʊlmənənt/, /ˈfəlmənənt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin fulminant-, fulmināns, fulmināre. Etymology: < classical Latin fulminant-, fulmināns (also 1613 in aurum fulminans , or earlier, in an alchemy context), present participle of fulmināre fulminate v. Compare Middle French, French fulminant (second half of the 14th cent. or earlier), Spanish fulminante (1547), Portuguese fulminante (1572), Italian fulminante (1553).In sense A. 2 after French fulminant (1606 or earlier in this sense). In sense A. 3 after Italian fulminante (1832 in colera fulminante, or earlier). A. adj. 1. = fulminating adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > [adjective] > furiously angry grim971 aweddeOE woodlyc1000 anburstc1275 woodc1275 aburstc1300 eagerc1325 brotheful1330 brothely1330 furiousc1374 wroth as (the) wind1377 throc1380 fella1382 wrothlya1400 grindelc1400 raginga1425 furibund1490 bremit1535 outraging1567 fulminant?1578 wood-like1578 horn-mad1579 snuff1582 woodful1582 maddeda1586 rageful1585 furibundal1593 gary1609 fierce1611 wild1653 infuriate1667 hopping mad1675 maddened1735 sulphureous1751 savage1789 infuriated1796 bouncing mad1834 frenzy1859 furyinga1861 ropeable1870 furied1878 fulminous1886 livid1888 fit to be tied1894 hopping1894 fighting mad1896 tamping mad1946 up the wall1951 ravers1967 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > denunciation > [adjective] > violently fulminant?1578 fulminating1624 ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 16 Az had wee not been assured the fulminant deitee waz all but in amitee..it woold haue made me for my part..very vengeably afeard. 1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 78 Let..his fulminant foolish deity..bee measured by the law of God. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel ii. 46 Who..had power over Purgatory and Hell, thither to strike innoncent Souls by his fulminant Excommunications. 1818 T. Moore Fudge Family in Paris vii. 99 Fierce was the cry and fulminant the ban. 1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 117 The iron duke From whom the fulminant Frenchman knew defeat. 1903 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 386 Those men of big words and little faith who, despite their noisy asseverations and fulminant abuse, shrank from vigorous action. 1983 New York 14 Feb. 78/3 Fulminant public anger, threatened lynchings, thrown bottles, scabrous graffiti, smeared dog-merds. 2015 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 24 June a11 Radical feminists exploded in fulminant rage. 2. Chemistry. = fulminating adj. 2b. Now rare and chiefly historical. ΚΠ 1657 J. Davies tr. G. Naudé Hist. Magick iii. 37 The Fulminant Gold [Fr. or fulminant] of Beguinus, the Vegetall Tree of the Chymists, and many such naturall miracles which these Authours affirme they have seen and experienc'd. 1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ix. 396/2 3j. of this Fulminant Gold put into a Silver Spoon or Ladle; and held over the Fire, will give a louder bounce than..the finest and best Gunpowder. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xxxix. 123 But fulminant silver..is still more violent than the aurum fulminans. 1845 U.S. Naut. Mag. 1 151 The circumstances which have attended the manufacture of fulminant mercury adduce sometimes much more remarkable modifications in the proportion of its elements. 1894 tr. P. Mantegazza Art of Taking Wife iii. 74 The combination of an old man and a young woman is a very frail one; at the least shock it is separated, as with fulminant mercury, chloride of azote, and all the infinite array of explosives. 1961 A. Ferri Fund. Data Shock-tube Exper. 349 Spherical detonation waves having the same velocity as plane detonation waves were observed..in mixtures of CS₂ + 3O₂, and 2H₂ + O₂, with fulminant mercury as an ignitor. 2015 H. Fors Limits Matter iii. 61 There were some extraordinarily effective gold-based medicines, such as fulminant gold. 3. Medicine. Of a disease or pathological process: becoming very severe or life-threatening, esp. within a short period of time; = fulminating adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > developing suddenly fulminant1838 fulminating1866 1838 Brit. & Foreign Med. Rev. 5 235 It is not true Asiatic cholera unless there is an affection of the heart and vascular system, which, in the fulminant cholera (il colera fulminante,) with instant death, is a real paralysis of the heart. 1847 Lancet 13 Nov. 521/2 It would appear marvellous, that apoplexy from excitement, even in its most fulminant form, should prove so suddenly fatal. 1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 104 The fulminant forms of anthrax. 1887 Med. News 8 Jan. 41/1 The glandular alterations were especially pronounced in fulminant cases. 1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 416/2 The fact that such comparatively subtle symptoms..were not recorded may not be very informative in these fulminant psychoses. 2006 L. Collier & J. Oxford Human Virol. (ed. 3) xxii. 170/1 This agent..may have little or no effect on the associated hepatitis B infection, but sometimes causes fulminant hepatitis. B. n. Something that fulminates; a thunderbolt; an explosive. Also fig. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > explosive material > [noun] fulminant1807 explosive1836 fulminator1861 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad viii. 308 He [sc. Benjamin Franklin] bids conflicting fulminants expire The guided blast, and holds the imprison'd fire. 1891 Chambers's Encycl. (new ed.) VII. 16/1 This book was a pothouse fulminant, levelled against the ethical theories of Shaftesbury. 1913 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 25 Nov. 984/2 A fulminant in each of said sections at the open end of said housing. 1948 Times 23 Dec. 5/4 A small parcel of sweets, &c., containing a fulminant, which explodes when pulled sharply at both ends. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.?1578
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