conflagrationn.

/kɒnfləˈɡreɪʃən/

Etymology: < Latin conflagrātiōn-em, noun of action < conflagrāre : see conflagrate v. Compare French conflagration (16th cent. in Littré).

†1. The burning up of (anything) in a destructive fire; consumption by a blazing fire. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > consumption by fire

conflagration1555

incendiation1700

1555 R. Eden Of Pole Antartike in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 246 The tyme of theyr conflagration or consumyng by fyer.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xliv. 348 The day of Judgment, and Conflagration of the present world.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 144 The conflagration of the city of Magdeburg in the year 1631.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 136 America..famous for the conflagration of towns.

figurative.1872 J. Morley Voltaire vii. 343 The..peril to Europe of the existence of such a centre of conflagration.

a. A great and destructive fire; the burning or blazing of a large extent or mass of combustible matter, e.g. of a town, a forest, etc. (With a and plural.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > destructive

fireeOE

wildfirea1122

burningc1425

embrasement1483

combustion1611

scathefire1632

conflagration1656

empyrosisa1676

firestorm1836

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Conflagration, a general burning or consuming with fire.

1680 R. Ferguson Let. to Person of Honour in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1748) I. 86 The Burning of London..that dreadful Conflagration.

1732 True & Faithful Narr. in J. Swift Misc. III. ii. 273 Judging that, in the general Conflagration, to be upon the Water would be the safest Place.

1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt vii. 87 Conflagrations are often caused by the negligence of the wandering Indians.

1877 E. Dowden Shakspere (Macmillan Lit. Primers) ii. 28 In that year a great conflagration took place at Stratford.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 52 The universal Conflagration that, from the Invasion of the Swedes, cover'd the whole Empire of Germany.

1724 W. Nicolson in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 335 We are now come into a general Conflagration.

†3. transferred. Severe inflammation, high fever. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > acute

aguec1325

conflagration1681

1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Conflagration, a..being in a flame, as in great feavers.

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 233 That the Aliment be thin..for so the Conflagration of the bloud is lessened.

1823 Ld. Byron Let. 2 Apr. (1980) X. 137 I..caught a cold and inflammation, which menaced a conflagration.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	conflagration
释义	conflagrationn. /kɒnfləˈɡreɪʃən/ Etymology: < Latin conflagrātiōn-em, noun of action < conflagrāre : see conflagrate v. Compare French conflagration (16th cent. in Littré). †1. The burning up of (anything) in a destructive fire; consumption by a blazing fire. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > consumption by fire conflagration1555 incendiation1700 1555 R. Eden Of Pole Antartike in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 246 The tyme of theyr conflagration or consumyng by fyer. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xliv. 348 The day of Judgment, and Conflagration of the present world. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 144 The conflagration of the city of Magdeburg in the year 1631. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 136 America..famous for the conflagration of towns. figurative.1872 J. Morley Voltaire vii. 343 The..peril to Europe of the existence of such a centre of conflagration. 2. a. A great and destructive fire; the burning or blazing of a large extent or mass of combustible matter, e.g. of a town, a forest, etc. (With a and plural.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > destructive fireeOE wildfirea1122 burningc1425 embrasement1483 combustion1611 scathefire1632 conflagration1656 empyrosisa1676 firestorm1836 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Conflagration, a general burning or consuming with fire. 1680 R. Ferguson Let. to Person of Honour in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1748) I. 86 The Burning of London..that dreadful Conflagration. 1732 True & Faithful Narr. in J. Swift Misc. III. ii. 273 Judging that, in the general Conflagration, to be upon the Water would be the safest Place. 1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt vii. 87 Conflagrations are often caused by the negligence of the wandering Indians. 1877 E. Dowden Shakspere (Macmillan Lit. Primers) ii. 28 In that year a great conflagration took place at Stratford. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 52 The universal Conflagration that, from the Invasion of the Swedes, cover'd the whole Empire of Germany. 1724 W. Nicolson in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 335 We are now come into a general Conflagration. †3. transferred. Severe inflammation, high fever. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > acute aguec1325 conflagration1681 1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Conflagration, a..being in a flame, as in great feavers. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 233 That the Aliment be thin..for so the Conflagration of the bloud is lessened. 1823 Ld. Byron Let. 2 Apr. (1980) X. 137 I..caught a cold and inflammation, which menaced a conflagration. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1555
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