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TIL: definition fulminate fulminated, fulminating to explode with a loud noise; detonate. to issue denunciations or the like (usually followed byagainst ). (B
by travisgriggs 7mo ago
TIL: definition fulminate
fulminated, fulminating
to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
to issue denunciations or the like (usually followed byagainst ).
(Because “don’t fulminate” is the rule that follows the referenced one :) )
- caditinpiscinam 7mo agoSame. I vaguely remembered "fulmen" from Latin class but I didn't know there was a derived English word. > from Latin fulminatus, past participle of fulminare "hurl lightning, lighten," figuratively "to thunder," from fulmen (genitive fulminis) "lightning flash," -- from etymonline.com