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adj
Of or related to lightning, particularly (historical) in reference to its use in divination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin fulguralis, from fulgur (“lightning”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), from Proto-Italic reconstructed as *folgos and related to the idea of flashing or lightening.
