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foudroyant
 
SYLLABICATION:fou·droy·ant
PRONUNCIATION:  f-droint, fdrwä-yä
ADJECTIVE:1. Dazzling or stunning in effect. 2. Medicine Occurring suddenly and severely. Used of a disease.
ETYMOLOGY:French, from present participle of foudroyer, to strike with lightning, from foudre, lightning, from Old French fouldre, from Latin fulgur, from fulgre, to flash. See bhel-1 in Appendix I.
 
 
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