Tonitruant
/təˈnɪtruənt/noun
Thundering, thunderous, or marked by a powerful booming sound.
Did you know?Its Latin ancestry connects it with Jupiter Tonans, “Jupiter the Thunderer,” an epithet invoking the Roman god’s storm-wielding authority.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*steneh₂-
“To thunder, resound, or make a loud noise”
Classical Latin
Latin
tonare
“To thunder or produce a loud booming sound”
Classical Latin
Latin
tonitrus
“Thunder; a peal or crash of thunder”
Classical Latin
Latin
tonitruans
“Thundering; making thunder”
Middle French
French
tonitruant
“Thundering or thunderous”
19th Century
English
tonitruant
“Thundering, booming, or rhetorically powerful”