fulmination
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French fulmination, from Latin fulminātiō; equivalent to fulmine + -ation.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfulmination (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
editthe act of thundering forth threats or censures
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Further reading
editFrench
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Noun
editfulmination f (plural fulminations)
Further reading
edit- “fulmination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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