Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fulminatory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ful-mi-na-to-ry
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Thundering; striking terror.

Example Sentences

"a precept expresse and fulminatory"

Etymology

Compare French fulminatoire. By surface analysis, fulmine + -ate + -ory.

Inflected Forms

more fulminatory (comparative) most fulminatory (superlative)

Questions

What does fulminatory mean?: Thundering; striking terror.
Where does fulminatory come from?: Compare French fulminatoire. By surface analysis, fulmine + -ate + -ory.

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