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thunderlight en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English thonderlyht, equivalent to thunder + light.

Meanings

1. (nonstandard, rare) Lightning; a bolt or flash of lightning.
   • A pillar of fire something like a thunderlight was seen for 30 minutes. No sound was accompanied. 1986, Association for the Development of Earthquake Prediction (Japan), Earthquake prediction research:
   • This powerful but disquieting thunderlight circled the tiny body with the idiot speed of the atmosphere surrounding a gas giant—Jupiter, say, or Saturn. 1995, Stephen King, Insomnia:

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