Fulgurate (verb)
gul-guyr-ayt
To flash and dart like lightning.
1670–80; Latin fulgurātus, past participle of fulgurāre to flash, glitter, lighten, derivative of fulgur flash of lightning
Example sentences
“she watches him across the dancefloor as the lights fulgurate, distorting the scene.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
