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.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.