fulgural

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adjective

Of or related to lightning, particularly (historical) in reference to its use in divination.

“The Fulgural Books were an Etruscan guide to understanding the will of the gods through their supposed messages in lightning.”

OriginLatin fulguralis →
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Meanings

adjectivefulgural (comparative more fulgural, superlative most fulgural)

comparative more fulgural · superlative most fulgural

  1. uncommonOf or related to lightning, particularly (historical) in reference to its use in divination.

    The Fulgural Books were an Etruscan guide to understanding the will of the gods through their supposed messages in lightning.

Origin

  1. Latinfulguralis
  2. Englishfulgural

From Latin fulguralis, from fulgur (“lightning”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), from Proto-Italic reconstructed as *folgos and related to the idea of flashing or lightening.

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APA

fulgural. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fulgural

MLA

“fulgural.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fulgural. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fulgural,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fulgural.

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