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Webster 1913 Edition
Fulmination
Ful′mi-naˊtion
,Noun.
[L.
fulminatio
a darting of lightning: cf. F. fulmination
.] 1.
The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
2.
The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority.
3.
That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement menace or censure.
The
fulminations
from the Vatican were turned into ridicule. Ayliffe.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fulmination
FULMINA'TION
, n.1.
A thundering.2.
Denunciation of censure or threats, as by papal authority.The fulminations from the Vatican were turned into ridicule.
3.
The explosion of certain chimical preparations; detonation.Definition 2024
fulmination
fulmination
English
Noun
fulmination (plural fulminations)
- The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
- The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority.
- 1919, H. L. Mencken, The American Language, chapter 23
- It is curious, reading the fulminations of American purists of the last generation, to note how many of the Americanisms they denounced have not only got into perfectly good usage at home but even broken down all guards across the ocean.
- 1919, H. L. Mencken, The American Language, chapter 23
- That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement menace or censure.
Translations
the act of thundering forth threats or censures
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