fulgurant

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adjective

Resembling a lightning flash; fulgurous.

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dazzlingeye-poppingfulgurousimpressive
OriginLatin fulgur →
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Meanings

adjectivefulgurant (comparative more fulgurant, superlative most fulgurant)

comparative more fulgurant · superlative most fulgurant

  1. Resembling a lightning flash; fulgurous.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveamazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning

Similar
dazzlingeye-poppingfulgurousimpressive
Also see
dazzlingeye-poppingfulgurousin a flashlightning fastlightning-quickquick as a flash

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinfulgur“lightning”
  2. Englishfulgurant

From Latin fulgur (“lightning”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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