dictionary.com gives us this:
adj
1. harshly critical
2. of, involving, or resembling thunder and lightning
As we're having our first spate of thunderstorms of the season here, I thought this was a good word to be able to bandy about. I like the first definition, too.
A pair of related words is fulgurate and fulgurous, darting about like, or being related to, lightning. I was wondering if one might be able to tell their rambunctious children to calm down and stop fulgurating about the house.
Fulminous
"Splendid" choice. There is a radiance of words with this root. To name a few:
circumfulgent
Shining around or about.
fulminant
1. Exploding or detonating.
2. In pathology, occurring suddenly, rapidly, and with great severity or intensity.
effulgence
1. Radiance; brightness.
2. A brilliant radiance.
3. The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor.
But consider their dim relation:
fu.lig.i.nous \fyu.-'lij-*-n*s\ aj [LL fuliginosus, fr. L fuligin-, fuligo
soot; akin to L fu]mus smoke
1a: SOOTY
1b: OBSCURE, MURKY
2: having a dark
or dusky color - fu.lig.i.nous.ly av
Proof that the sun also sets.
circumfulgent
Shining around or about.
fulminant
1. Exploding or detonating.
2. In pathology, occurring suddenly, rapidly, and with great severity or intensity.
effulgence
1. Radiance; brightness.
2. A brilliant radiance.
3. The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor.
But consider their dim relation:
fu.lig.i.nous \fyu.-'lij-*-n*s\ aj [LL fuliginosus, fr. L fuligin-, fuligo
soot; akin to L fu]mus smoke
1a: SOOTY
1b: OBSCURE, MURKY
2: having a dark
or dusky color - fu.lig.i.nous.ly av
Proof that the sun also sets.
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