fulmination
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French fulmination, from Latin fulminātiō; equivalent to fulmine + -ation.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fulmination (countable and uncountable, plural fulminations)
- The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
- The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority.
- 1921 [1919], H. L. Mencken, chapter 23, in The American Language, 2nd edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, →OCLC:
- It is curious, reading the fulminations of American purists of the last generation, to note how many of the Americanisms they denounced have not only got into perfectly good usage at home but even broken down all guards across the ocean.
- That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement menace or censure.
Related terms edit
- fulminate
- fulminator
- fulminating compound
- fulminic acid
Translations edit
the act of thundering forth threats or censures
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Further reading edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
fulmination f (plural fulminations)
Further reading edit
- “fulmination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.