fulmination

noun
/fʌlmɪˈneɪʃən/US

Etymology

From Middle French fulmination, from Latin fulminātiō; equivalent to fulmine + -ation.

  1. derived from fulminātiō
  2. borrowed from fulmination

Definitions

  1. The act of fulminating or exploding

    The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.

  2. 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.
  3. That which is fulminated or thundered forth

    That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement menace or censure.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fulmination. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA