English
foudroyant
Foudroyant comes from French foudroyant.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfoudroyant
- Englishearliest quotation 1968same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfoudroyant
- Englishearliest quotation 1968same form
Earliest quotation: 1968, W. H. Auden, The Horatians: “[…] As makers go, / compared with Pindar or…”
Every English word from French foudroyant
Today it means
adj Having an awesome and overwhelming effect.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French foudroyant / foudroyant