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Definition: IGNES FATUI

Part of Speech Definition
Expression 1. [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 .[Websters].
Noun - plural 1. Of Ignis fatuus.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Definition: IGNES FATUI

Part of SpeechDefinition
Expression1. [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 .[Websters].
Noun - plural1. Of Ignis fatuus.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Common Expressions: IGNES FATUI

ExpressionsDefinition
Ignes fatui1: Of Ignis fatuus. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
 2: [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 . Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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