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fulminant

fulminant adjective: that fulminates.

Adjective

fulminant (not comparable)

  1. That fulminates.
  2. (especially) Appearing quickly and with destructive effects.
    • Fulminant hepatitis seems to be more common in females than in males (11).[…]In contrast to common belief, Chalmers (17) has shown that physical exercise during infectious hepatitis does not increase the risk of a fulminant course of disease.1983, Friedrich Deinhardt, Jean Deinhardt, editors, Viral Hepatitis: Laboratory and Clinical Science, Marcel Dekker, page 296
    • When his liver function was measured, an acute, fulminant hepatitis was discovered.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 280

Noun

fulminant (plural fulminants)

  1. A thunderbolt.
  2. An explosive.
    • The excessive danger in handling fulminants was not balanced by any prospective reward.1893, Lowis Jalkson, Ten Centuries of European Progress, Sampson Low, Marston and Company, page 128

fulminant meaning in Tamil and Kannada

fulminant in Tamil

திடீர் கடுந்தாக்கம்

fulminant in Kannada

ಮಿಂಚಿನಂತೆ ಹೊಳೆಯುವ, ಆರ್ಭಟಿಸುವ, ಖಂಡನೆಯ ಮಾತನಾಡುವ, ತಕ್ಷಣ ಹೊರಹೊಮ್ಮುವ

Forms of fulminant

pluralfulminants

Origin of fulminant

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

Words formed from fulminant

Questions about fulminant

What does fulminant mean?
Fulminant means that fulminates.
What is fulminant in Tamil?
Fulminant in Tamil is திடீர் கடுந்தாக்கம். See Fulminant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fulminant?
Fulminant can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near fulminant in the dictionary

  1. Fulmer
  2. Fulmers
  3. fulmicotton
  4. fulminance
  5. fulminancy
  6. fulminant
  7. fulminantly
  8. fulminants
  9. fulminate
  10. fulminated
  11. fulminates

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