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ignivomous, a.|ɪgˈnɪvəməs|
[f. late L. ignivom-us (Lactantius), f. igni-s fire + vom-ĕre to vomit: see -ous.]
Vomiting fire. Also fig.
1603Harsnet Pop. Impost. 70 What a Monstrous Coyle would Six or Seaven Ignivomous priests keepe in hell. 1639Fuller Holy War iii. xxii. (1647) 150 This ignivomous curre..did bark at and deeply bite the poore Albigenses. 1659Stanley Hist. Philos. xiii. (1701) 580/1 Ignivomous Eruptions, as that of ætna. 1674Phil. Trans. IX. 239 There are other ignivomous Mountains besides Hecla; yet all are cover'd with Snow. 1711Derham Ibid. XXVII. 275 The Mouth of the ignivomous Cavern. 1869Phillips Vesuv. iv. 97 Throughout the whole of 1812 this small opening was ignivomous.
Hence igˈnivomousness.
1727Bailey vol. II, Ignivomousness, Fire vomiting Quality, such as that of Vulcano's or burning Mountains. |