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)

1. (intransitive)To flash or emit flashes like lightning.
2. (transitive, medicine) To cauterize with electricity; to carry out electrofulguration or to electrocauterize.

Adjective

fulgurate (comparative more fulgurate, superlative most fulgurate)

1. 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

1. second-person plural present active imperative of fulgurō

Spanish

Verb

fulgurate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of fulgurar combined with te