ignis+fatuus

  • 41Dimsightedness — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Imperfect vision. >Fallacies of vision. < N PARAG:Dimsightedness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dim sight dim sight dull sight half sight short sight near sight long sight double sight astigmatic sight failing sight Sgm: N… …

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  • 42Deception — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Deception >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deception deception Sgm: N 1 falseness falseness &c. 544 Sgm: N 1 untruth untruth &c. 546 Sgm: N 1 imposition imposition imposture Sgm: N 1 fraud …

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  • 43will-o'-the-wisp — /ˈwɪl ə ðə wɪsp / (say wil uh dhuh wisp) noun 1. → ignis fatuus (def. 1). 2. any fleeting light similar to ignis fatuus. 3. anything that deludes or misleads by luring on …

  • 44friar's lantern — noun a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground • Syn: ↑ignis fatuus, ↑jack o lantern, ↑will o the wisp • Hypernyms: ↑light, ↑visible light, ↑visible radiation * * * friar s lantern …

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  • 45marsh|fire — «MAHRSH FYR», noun. = ignis fatuus. (Cf. ↑ignis fatuus) …

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  • 46night fire — night fire, = ignis fatuus. (Cf. ↑ignis fatuus) …

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  • 47Fatuous — Fat u*ous, a. [L. fatuus.] 1. Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish; fatuitous. Glanvill. [1913 Webster] 2. Without reality; illusory, like the ignis fatuus. [1913 Webster] Thence fatuous fires and meteors take their birth. Danham. [1913… …

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  • 48Fuego fatuo — Este artículo o sección necesita referencias que aparezcan en una publicación acreditada, como revistas especializadas, monografías, prensa diaria o páginas de Internet fidedignas. Puedes añadirlas así o avisar …

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  • 49fatuous — [fach′o͞o əs] adj. [L fatuus, foolish < IE base * bhāt , to strike > BATTER1] 1. complacently stupid or inane; silly; foolish 2. Archaic like an ignis fatuus; illusory; unreal SYN. SILLY fatuously adv. fatuousness n …

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  • 50The Devil's Dream — is an old fiddle tune of unknown origins. Played as either a jig or a reel, it is attested to as a popular tune from at least 1834 in New England.[1] It also appears in a folk tale from central England dated to c. 1805.[2] The Devil s Dream is,… …

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