foudroyantadj.
/fuːdrɔɪˈɒ̃//fuːˈdrɔɪənt/ 1.
a. Thundering, stunning, noisy.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective]
loud971
stithc1000
strongOE
greata1375
stiff1377
wrastc1400
boistousc1430
stourc1440
big1549
routing1567
thundering?1576
full-mouthed1594
thunderous1606
tonitruous1606
thundery1608
trump-like1609
full-mouth1624
voluminousa1635
rousing1640
altisonous1661
lusty1672
tonitrual1693
rending1719
trumpet-like1814
foudroyant1840
clarion1842
trumpeting1850
trumpet-toned1851
loudish1860
tonitruant1861
tonant1891
thunderful1898
high1923
wham-bam1960
1840 T. De Quincey Style: No. II in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 392/1 When..the ‘foudroyant’ style of the organist commenced the hailstone chorus.
b. Flashing, dazzling.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adjective] > radiant
shininga900
gladOE
steepa1000
lightsomea1382
freshlyc1426
prefulgentc1480
flagrant?a1500
radiant1509
glazed?1510
refulgent1528
bright-headeda1560
shone1595
tinsel1595
skinkling1790
epiphanous1823
foudroyant1860
1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner xxi. 292 With Helen Darley as a foil..she must be foudroyant.
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2. spec. in Pathology of a disease: Beginning in a very sudden and severe form.
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