fulminant
fulminant · fulminants
A thunderboltA thunderbolt.
Meaning
2 sensesA thunderbolt.
An explosive.
Origin
Borrowed from French fulminant, from Latin fulminō (“strike like lightning”). By surface aBorrowed from French fulminant, from Latin fulminō (“strike like lightning”). By surface analysis, fulmin(ate) + -ant or fulmine + -ant.
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