fulmine

verb /ˈfʌlmɪn/

1. To thunder or lightning.

   archaic

   Flasht through her face, as it had been a flake Of lightning through bright heven fulmined […]

   And ever and anone the rosy red

2. To utter with authority or vehemence; fulminate.

   archaic, figuratively

   She fulmined out her scorn of laws Salique.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French fulminer, from Latin fulminō (“lighten, illuminate”). More at fulminate.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry fulmine (CC BY-SA 4.0).

← fulgentfulth →

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