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fulgural

fulgural adjective: of or related to lightning, particularly (historical) in reference to its use in divination.

Adjective

fulgural (comparative more fulgural, superlative most fulgural)

  1. (uncommon) Of or related to lightning, particularly (historical) in reference to its use in divination.
    • The Fulgural Books were an Etruscan guide to understanding the will of the gods through their supposed messages in lightning.

Forms of fulgural

comparativemore fulgural
superlativemost fulgural

Origin of fulgural

From Latin fulguralis, from fulgur (“lightning”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), from Proto-Italic reconstructed as *folgos and related to the idea of flashing or lightening.

Questions about fulgural

What does fulgural mean?
Fulgural means of or related to lightning, particularly (historical) in reference to its use in divination.
What part of speech is fulgural?
Fulgural is an adjective.

Words near fulgural in the dictionary

  1. fulgorous
  2. fulgors
  3. Fulgosino
  4. fulgour
  5. fulgours
  6. fulgural
  7. fulgurance
  8. fulgurant
  9. fulgurantly
  10. fulgurate
  11. fulgurated

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