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Comment by caditinpiscinam

2 days ago

Same. 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

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