fulminations
fulminations is the plural of fulmination.
Meaning of fulmination
Noun
fulmination (countable and uncountable, plural fulminations)
- The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
- The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority.
- 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.[1921 [1919], H. L. Mencken, chapter 23, in The American Language, 2nd edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, →OCLC
- That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement menace or censure.
Questions about fulminations
- What is fulminations the plural of?
- Fulminations is the plural of fulmination.
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