fulgurate
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- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 9
Definition of fulgurate
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (intransitive)To flash or emit flashes like lightning.
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verb
- (intransitive)To flash or emit flashes like lightning.
- (transitive)To cauterize with electricity; to carry out electrofulguration or to electrocauterize.
adj
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Fulgural, fulgurant.
“... the fulgurate dazzle of light along the filament of an incandescent bulb.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fulgurātus, perfect passive participle of fulgurō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Words you can make from fulgurate
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47 words- FUGAL 9 pts
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