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单词 fulmineous
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fulmineousadj.

Brit. /fʊlˈmɪnɪəs/, /fʌlˈmɪnɪəs/, U.S. /fʊlˈmɪniəs/, /fəlˈmɪniəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin fulmineus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin fulmineus belonging to or caused by lightning, like lightning or thunder, having the speed of lightning ( < fulmin- , fulmen fulmen n. + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare slightly later fulminous adj.
Now rare.
Of or relating to thunder and lightning; = fulminous adj.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [adjective]
sulphury?1611
sulphurousa1616
fulmineous1624
fulminous1635
sulphureous1751
1624 J. Vicars tr. G. Goodwin Babels Balm 20 Nubuchadnezzers Fulmineous Flame [L. fulminea..arte], his shiu'ring Sheepe much feares.
1658 T. Bancroft Time's out of Tune xii. 82 I protest, Sir Knight, you are A most fulmineous Threatner.
1744 Claridge's Shepherd of Banbury's Rules (new ed.) 31 The fulmineous matter in the air is set on fire.
1766 G. Canning tr. M. de Polignac Anti-Lucretius iv. 318 Than the flame fulmineous fiercer far.
1809 Port Folio Dec. 572 Then flies more swift, than Jove's fulmineous flame, The well strapp'd edge, with beard-subduing aim.
1899 Sat. Rev. 28 Jan. 106/2 Mr. Moore cuts in with a fulmineous rejoinder.
1914 R. J. Burdette Drums of 47th xiv. 168 There was but one law in the regiment. That was the colonel's word... There was no fulmineous profanity to emphasize it... But it was respected.
1996 Dead Sea Discov. 3 87 The fulmineous discussion of this Aramaic brontologion is found in Chapter One.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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