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foudroyant

  (fū-droi'ənt, fū'drwä-yäN') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Dazzling or stunning in effect.
  2. Medicine. Occurring suddenly and severely. Used of a disease.

[French, from present participle of foudroyer, to strike with lightning, from foudre, lightning, from Old French fouldre, from Latin fulgur, from fulgēre, to flash.]


 
 
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sudden and overwhelming in effect; dazzling
 
 

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