bolide

[prettygoodword]

bolide (BOH-leyed) - n., a large bright meteor, especially a fireball that explodes.


Used in English since the 1830s, taken from French, from Latin bolis, a kind of meteor, from Greek bolís, a missile, from ballein, to throw.

And in conclusion: BOOM.

---L.

Comments

[taigerchily.livejournal.com]

it's also a fast car (racing car, like f1), at least in german... but of course this is also from the greek bolis.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

As well as a Swedish guided missile (RBS 70 mark 2) ...

---L.