fulmine
/ˈfʌlmɪn/
fulmine verb: to thunder or lightning.
Verb
fulmine (third-person singular simple present fulmines, present participle fulmining, simple past and past participle fulmined)
- To thunder or lightning.
- And ever and anone the rosy red
Flasht through her face, as it had been a flake
Of lightning through bright heven fulmined […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- And ever and anone the rosy red
- To utter with authority or vehemence; fulminate.
- She fulmined out her scorn of laws Salique.1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC
Forms of fulmine
| third-person singular present | fulmines |
|---|---|
| present participle | fulmining |
| past participle | fulmined |
| past | fulmined |
Origin of fulmine
Borrowed from French fulminer, from Latin fulminō (“lighten, illuminate”). More at fulminate.
Words formed from fulmine
Questions about fulmine
- What does fulmine mean?
- Fulmine means to thunder or lightning.
- What part of speech is fulmine?
- Fulmine is a verb.
- How do you pronounce fulmine?
- Fulmine is pronounced /ˈfʌlmɪn/.
- What is the past tense of fulmine?
- The past tense of fulmine is fulmined.
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