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foudroyant, a. (fuːˈdrɔɪənt, Fr. fudrwajɑ̃) [a. Fr. foudroyant, pr. pple. of foudroyer to strike with or as with lightning, f. foudre: see fouldre.] 1. a. Thundering, stunning, noisy. b. Flashing, dazzling.
1840De Quincey Style Wks. 1859 XI. 210 When..the ‘foudroyant’ style of the organist commenced the hailstone chorus. 1860O. W. Holmes Elsie V. xxi. 292 With Helen Darley as a foil..she must be foudroyant. 2. spec. in Pathol. of a disease: Beginning in a very sudden and severe form. |