fulgury

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noun

lightning

OriginLatin fulgur →
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Meanings

nounfulgury (uncountable)
  1. obsoletepoeticuncountablelightning

    As a picture unroll'd - And my age-spanning sight Saw the time I had been there before flash like fulgury out of the night.

    c. 1918, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, The House

Origin

  1. Latinfulgur
  2. Englishfulgury

Latin fulgur.

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APA

fulgury. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fulgury

MLA

“fulgury.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fulgury. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fulgury,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fulgury.

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