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Ignis fatuus

Ignis fatuus Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ignis fatuus? [n] an illusion that misleads [n] a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ignis fatuus: friar's lantern \| jack-o'-lantern \| will-o'-the-wisp \| will-o'-the-wisp Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ignis fatuus: airy nothing \| autism \| autoluminescence \| backfire \| balefire \| beacon \| beacon fire \| bioluminescence \| blaze \| bonfire \| bubble \| burning ghat \| campfire \| cathode luminescence \| cheerful fire \| chemicoluminescence \| chemiluminescence \| chimera \| combustion \| conflagration \| corposant \| cozy fire \| crackling fire \| crematory \| crystalloluminescence \| daydream \| death fire \| deception \| deluded belief \| delusion \| dereism \| double corposant \| dream \| dream vision \| dreamland \| dreamworld \| electroluminescence \| false belief \| fata morgana \| fen fire \| fire \| flame \| flashing point \| flicker \| flickering flame \| fluorescence \| forest fire \| fox fire \| funeral pyre \| hallucination \| ignition \| illusion \| ingle \| lambent flame \| luciferase \| luciferin \| luminescence \| luminophor \| marshfire \| mirage \| misbelief \| misconception \| noctiluscence \| open fire \| phantasm \| phosphor \| phosphorescence \| photoluminescence \| pipe dream \| prairie fire \| pyre \| radioluminescence \| raging fire \| sea of flames \| self-deceit \| self-deception \| self-delusion \| sheet of fire \| signal beacon \| smudge fire \| thermoluminescence \| three-alarm fire \| tribofluorescence \| triboluminescence \| tribophosphorescence \| trick \| trip \| two-alarm fire \| vapor \| watch fire \| wildfire \| wisp \| witch fire \| wrong impression See Also \| fancy \| fantasy \| illusion \| light \| phantasy \| visible light \| visible radiation Ignis fatuus In Webster's Dictionary \Ig"nis fat"u*us\; pl. {Ignes fatui}. [L. ignis fire + fatuus foolish. So called in allusion to its tendency to mislead travelers.] 1. A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly called also {Will-with-the-wisp}, or {Will-o'-the-wisp}, and {Jack-with-a-lantern}, or {Jack-o'-lantern}. 2. Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy. Scared and guided by the ignis fatuus of popular superstition. --Jer. Taylor.

Ignis fatuus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ignis fatuus?

[n] an illusion that misleads
[n] a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ignis fatuus: friar's lantern | jack-o'-lantern | will-o'-the-wisp | will-o'-the-wisp

Ignis fatuus In Webster's Dictionary

\Ig"nis fat"u*us\; pl. {Ignes fatui}. [L. ignis
fire + fatuus foolish. So called in allusion to its tendency
to mislead travelers.]
1. A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over
   marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the
   decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by
   some inflammable gas; -- popularly called also
   {Will-with-the-wisp}, or {Will-o'-the-wisp}, and
   {Jack-with-a-lantern}, or {Jack-o'-lantern}.



2. Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.

         Scared and guided by the ignis fatuus of popular
         superstition.                         --Jer. Taylor.

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