Uk English Meaning of ignis fatuus
Will-o'-the-wisp
Other Uk English words related to Will-o'-the-wisp
- chimaera
- Daydream
- Delusion
- phantasm
- illusion
- Mirage
- Fantasy
- Pipe dream
- unreality
- Will-o'-the-wisp
- brainchild
- conceit
- concoction
- dream
- fabrication
- fancy
- fantasy
- fiction
- Figment
- hallucination
- idea
- Imaging
- nonentity
- Phantom
- Vision
- Cloud-cuckoo-land
- cloudland
- envisaging
- fable
- invention
- nightmare
- utopia
- Visualisation
Nearest Words of ignis fatuus
Definitions and Meaning of ignis fatuus in English
ignis fatuus (n)
a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
an illusion that misleads
ignis fatuus ()
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.
Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.
FAQs About the word ignis fatuus
Will-o'-the-wisp
a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground, an illusion that misleadsA phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy ground, suppose
chimaera,Daydream,Delusion,phantasm,illusion,Mirage,Fantasy,Pipe dream,unreality,Will-o'-the-wisp
fact,reality,actuality
ignipotent => ignis, ignipotence => impotence, ignigenous => igneous, ignifying => Igniting, ignify => ignite,
