fulgurate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fulgurātus, perfect passive participle of fulgurō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Verb
fulgurate (third-person singular simple present fulgurates, present participle fulgurating, simple past and past participle fulgurated)
- (intransitive)To flash or emit flashes like lightning.
- (transitive, medicine) To cauterize with electricity; to carry out electrofulguration or to electrocauterize.
Adjective
fulgurate (comparative more fulgurate, superlative most fulgurate)
- Fulgural, fulgurant.
- 2004 July 6, Dean Koontz, The Bad Place, Penguin, →ISBN, page 101:
- ... the fulgurate dazzle of light along the filament of an incandescent bulb.
Latin
Verb
fulgurāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of fulgurō
Spanish
Verb
fulgurate