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fulminant

ful·mi·nant

uncommon

adjective

1.

sudden and severe

  • “fulminant pain”
  • “fulminant fever”
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Origin

Borrowed from French fulminant, from Latin fulminō (“strike like lightning”). By surface analysis, fulmin(ate) + -ant or fulmine + -ant.

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