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fulminatory

fulminatory adjective: thundering; striking terror.

Adjective

fulminatory (comparative more fulminatory, superlative most fulminatory)

  1. Thundering; striking terror.
    • a precept expresse and fulminatory1607, An Apology

Forms of fulminatory

comparativemore fulminatory
superlativemost fulminatory

Origin of fulminatory

Compare French fulminatoire. By surface analysis, fulmine + -ate + -ory.

Questions about fulminatory

What does fulminatory mean?
Fulminatory means thundering; striking terror.
What part of speech is fulminatory?
Fulminatory is an adjective.

Words near fulminatory in the dictionary

  1. fulminating silvers
  2. fulmination
  3. fulminations
  4. fulminator
  5. fulminators
  6. fulminatory
  7. fulmine
  8. fulmined
  9. fulmineous
  10. fulmines
  11. fulminic

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