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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: ignis fatuus(0.01501 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to ignis fatuus.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ignis fatuus
ignis fatuus
n 1: a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
[syn: friar's lantern, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp]
2: an illusion that misleads [syn: will-o'-the-wisp]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ignis fatuus
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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