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单词 fulgur
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fulgurn.

Forms: 1500s fvlgur, 1500s–1700s fulgur.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin fulgur.
Etymology: < classical Latin fulgur flash of lightning < fulgēre to lighten (see fulgent adj.).Compare the following earlier attestation of the Latin noun in an English context:a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xi. xiv. 592 Anoþir maner liȝtnynge hatte fulgur, and fulguracio also, and is sotile fyre, but þis [is] more þicke and greet þan is þe liȝtnynge þat hatte choruscacio.
Obsolete.
Lightning; a flash of lightning. Also figurative.
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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > lightning
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [noun] > lightning
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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > lightning > bead or forked lightning > flash of
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1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iii. f. 27 Fvlgur is that kynd of lightning which followeth thonder.
?1574 T. Hill Contempl. Myst. f. 53v That weaker lightning named Fulgur, is when the brightnesse onely of that exhalation kindled, shyneth in the aire.
1664 G. Havers tr. T. Renaudot et al. Gen. Coll. Disc. Virtuosi France lxxii. 431 Fulgur is the exhalation inflam'd, which impetuously breaks out at the sides of the cloud.
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 175 The King..by the fulgur of his eye can dart them dead.
1695 T. D'Urfey Gloriana ix. 2 Till by some Flashes of Ætherial Fire, And fatal Fulgur glimmering Light was lent.
1719 W. Whiston Acct. Surprizing Meteor 28 That Fulmen..still accompanied with that Fulgur or Flash, we call common Lightening.
1746 R. Poole Journey France & Holland (ed. 2) II. App. 563/2 Fulmen discutiens, terebrans, urens, the Thunderbolt, Fulgur, Lightning.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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