fulminatory

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adjective

Thundering; striking terror.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

adjectivefulminatory (comparative more fulminatory, superlative most fulminatory)

comparative more fulminatory · superlative most fulminatory

  1. Thundering; striking terror.

    a precept expresse and fulminatory

    1607, An Apology

Origin

Compare French fulminatoire. By surface analysis, fulmine + -ate + -ory.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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