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Definition of: foudroyant
(f
·droi′ənt, Fr. f·drwá·yä
′) adjective
1. Sudden and overwhelming, as lightning.
2. Pathol. Beginning in an aggravated form, as a disease. [<F, ppr. of foudroyer strike with lightning <foudre lightning]
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