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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Will-o'-the-wisp (0.00992 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Will-o'-the-wisp.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: will-o'-the-wisp
will-o'-the-wisp
n 1: a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
[syn:
friar's lantern,
ignis fatuus,
jack-o'-lantern]
2: an illusion that misleads [syn:
ignis fatuus]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Will-o'-the-wisp
Ignis fatuus
\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.
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2. Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.
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Scared and guided by the ignis fatuus of popular
superstition. --Jer. Taylor.
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Will-o'-the-wisp
\Will"-o'-the-wisp`\, n.
See
Ignis fatuus.
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