| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| foudroyant |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fou·droy·ant |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f -droi  nt, f drwä-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 fulg re, to flash. See bhel-1 in Appendix I.
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