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broo-tuhm FUHL-men
noun
a toothless threat; a futile display
1908Chapters of OperaIn the picture of a storm which opens the opera the manipulator of the artificial lightning is not left to his discretion as to the proper moment for discharging his brutum fulmen;1909The Meaning of TruthThe 'ought' would be a brutum fulmen unless there were a felt grain inside of our experience that conspired.1912The Note-Books of Samuel ButlerWhile he is shaking his wings, there is brutum fulmen but the man goes on living, frightened, perhaps, but unhurt; pain and sickness may hurt him but the moment Death strikes him both he and Death are beyond feeling.1922Captain BloodIt was a brutum fulmen that inspired no terrors in Captain Blood.Labels: H. E. Krehbiel, Rafael Sabatini, Samuel Butler, William James
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