fieryadj.n.
/ˈfʌɪəri/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)ri/ 1. Consisting of or containing fire; burning, flaming.
a. In religious or theological contexts: consisting of or attended by a display of (supernatural) fire; spec. with reference to the manifestation or actions of the Holy Spirit, as fiery baptism, fiery Pentecost, etc. Cf. baptism of fire n. at baptism n. 2b. fiery law: the Ten Commandments delivered to Moses by God, who descended on Mt. Sinai in fire (Exodus 19:18, Deuteronomy 33:2).
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] > attended with or full of
fierya1300
fireda1425
a1300 Passion our Lord 660 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 56 Þe holy gost heom com vp-on in fury tunge.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 1670 (MED) Forto wissen hem be nyhte, A firy Piler hem alyhte.
a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l.1600 The fery flood of helle.
1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca at Helias This is that Helias that brough fyre thyrse out of heauen, and bare rayne in his tungue, and was taken vp in a fyry storme.
1560 Bible (Geneva) Deut. xxxiii 2 He came with ten thousands of Saintes, and at hys right hand a firy Lawe for them.
1654 W. Jenkyn Expos. Jude: 2nd Pt. 486 This word shall be operative, efficacious, a working word, a fiery stream proceeding from the throne of the Judg, and sweeping the condemned into hell.
1694 H. L. tr. J. Abbadie Vindic. Truth Christian Relig. ii. iv. x. 427 God..charged Moses not to come near the fiery Bush where he manifested himself, till he had first put off his shoes.
1723 Antient Testimony of Quakers 5 They must witness the fiery Baptism of the Holy Ghost, to initiate them into this true Church.
1799 W. Huntington Corr. Noctua Aurita & Philomela xiii. 52 The soul..feels his shadow a sweet screen from Satan's fiery darts, and from the piercing sentences of a fiery law.
1831 Evangelical Mag. & Gospel Advocate 29 Jan. 35 Be extremely anxious to save precious immortal souls..from an endless fiery hell.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. v. xviii. 328 The awful fiery Law..delivered by God Himself.
1918 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 427/2 The fiery Pentecost will then descend and envelop our people with the glory of the battle for democracy and sweep its armies on to victory!
1972 Novum Testamentum 14 199 There is in fact no need to reject the interpretation of John having prophesied a punitive fiery baptism in order to authenticate his prophecy of a baptism with holy spirit.
2000 M. D. Jordan Silence of Sodom i. 17 Sodom.., over which fiery clouds always rain cinders.
b. gen. Consisting of fire; flaming with fire; attended with fire; burning. fiery drake, fiery dragon: a firedrake (firedrake n.) in various senses.In quot. c1300 in figurative context; cf. sense 3b.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective]
firenOE
fieryc1300
Phlegethontic1600
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ignic1612
ignean1635
Phlegethontala1649
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igneal1669
vulcanic1687
brimstony1924
c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1978) l. 9413 Of his eȝene solle fleo furie [c1275 Calig. furene] gledes..Þis beoþ þe tockne of þan sone þat comeþ of Vther Pendragon.
a1325 St. James the Great (Corpus Cambr.) l. 172 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 333 A furi dragon [c1300 Laud fuyr Drake] aȝen hom come.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 362 (MED) Ther is an other fyr also, Which semeth to a mannes yhe Be nyhtes time as thogh ther flyhe A dragon brennende [Fr. dragons volans et estenceles] in the Sky..wherof men sein fulofte, ‘Lo, wher the fyri drake alofte Fleth up in thair!’
c1450 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Rylands) f. 63 How kyng hostilius worshippyng fals goddis, was consumpt with firy Levene.
1483 tr. Adam of Eynsham Reuelation xli. When hyt ys betyn whyt hamers and smytyth owte fyry sparclys.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xviii Fyry Dragons, and Sprytys were seen fleynge in the Ayer.
1561 True Rep. Burnynge Poules sig. Aii On Wednesday..was seene a marueilous great fyrie lightning.
1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. iv. xv. 66 The fyery pyle being prepared, he vnapparelled him selfe.
1611 Bible (King James) Dan. iii. 23 These three men..fell downe bound into the midst of the burning fierie furnace. View more context for this quotation
1647 J. Sprigge Anglia Rediviva iii. 83 The enemy threw fiery Faggots over those parts of the Wall where the Miners were.
1683 R. Baxter Dying Thoughts 134 As if the fiery part of the candle were annihilated or transmutate,..when the candle goeth out; and were not fire, and in action still.
1720 J. Ozell et al. tr. R. A. de Vertot Hist. Revol. Rom. Republic I. iv. 201 This Year..fiery Exhalations were seen in the Air.
1782 W. Cowper Heroism in Poems 361 Where no Volcano pours his fiery flood.
1831 H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man. ii. 110 One vast flood of burning matter..rolling to and fro its ‘fiery surge’.
1839 R. C. McLellan Foundling ii. vi. 59 Cart-wheel surround you; Fiery dragons carry you off, And mortar-pestle pound you!
1878 Scribner's Monthly Nov. 158/1 The dynamo-electric machine is started.., instantly making the fiery arc over the top.
1908 Scrap Bk. 5 277/1 He knocked the ashes of his pipe into the fiery grate.
1934 Pop. Sci. Aug. 56/2 The sun's ocean of fiery matter was pulled up into a prominence millions of miles high.
1987 R. McCammon Swan Song viii. xlix. 507 One bottle scored a direct hit on the viewslit of a Pinto's armored windshield; it shattered and sprayed fiery gas.
2010 P. Schenk Atlas Galilean Satellites v. 41 Io is a Hadean world of hot volcanic lava flows, fiery lava fountains, and noxious gases.
c. spec. Of an arrow, dart, etc.: flaming, fire-bearing. Also in figurative contexts.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] > fire-bearing
fieryc1300
igniferous1618
fire-bearing1713
c1300 St. Brendan (Harl.) (1844) 15 Tho ther com in a furi [c1300 Laud fuyri] arewe at a fenestre.
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 706 Loue hath his firy dart so brennyngly Ystiked thurgh my..herte.
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 1227 Loues fyre dart..smat one to the hart.
1562 Certayn Serm. preached in Lincs. in H. Latimer 27 Serm. ii. f. 84v Than we haue that fayth of which S. Paule speaketh here, then we shalbee able to quenche the fyery arrowes of the deuyll.
1579 in W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue sig. Bij The Seraphin with his fiery sword not being taken away.
1608 E. Grimeston tr. J. F. Le Petit Gen. Hist. Netherlands xvi. 1350 They shotte two fierie arrowes into the ayre ouer the townes, thereby making a signe that they should all assaile the towne at one instant.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 62 He deals his fiery Bolts about. View more context for this quotation
1726 J. Stevens tr. A. de Herrera Tordesillas Gen. Hist. Amer. V. iv. ii. iii. 31 The Indians..shot fiery Arrows, till the Covering being Thatch'd..took fire.
1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature I. i. 106 The Father of Day, with his fiery shafts.
1854 Christian Treasury 9 539/1 A word of angry abuse..was one of his fiery darts! This fiery arrow fell into and burned in my ear..burned its way to my heart, and set me all on fire!
1897 T. Watts-Dunton Jubilee Greeting at Spithead 31 Whate'er of woe the Dark may hide in womb..Blizzard of Chance, of fiery dart of Doom.
1901 Chambers's Jrnl. 28 Sept. 752/1 All things living shun the glance That melts e'en Cupid's fiery lance.
1956 Church Hist. 25 283/1 Matters reached a head when the vicar of the parish church shot a fiery shaft into the thatched roof of the Abbey church.
2012 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 7 July 18 In Barcelona in 1992, the Olympic flame had been lit by a fiery arrow.
2. Having qualities resembling or suggestive of fire.
a. Red-hot; like the heat of a fire.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > very > burning hot
fire-hotOE
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firous?1504
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phlogistic1777
c1300 St. Lucy (Laud) 146 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 105 Þo nomen huy pich and brumston, and welden it wel faste And ope hire nakede tendre bodi al-fuyri it casten.
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 1552 (MED) Venus sone can..hem enlacen in his firy cheyne.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. liv. 115 The sword which is made fierie doth not only cut..but also burne.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 54 The fiery Suns too fiercely play. View more context for this quotation
1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. Pref. iv That the Sun and Stars were fiery or red-hot Stones.
1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xx. 291 The sky became clearer..and the atmosphere more fiery. The intense heat, however, was not entirely owing to the temperature of the air, but arose partly from the fine sand mingled with it.
1895 Decorator & Furnisher June 107/3 In large patty-pans..she strews the stoned cherries and fine cracker crumbs to retain the juice..before consigning to the oven's fiery heat.
1987 Slavic Rev. 46 276 The persona's kisses replicate the sun's fiery touch and thus pay tribute to both creator and creation.
2007 Mediaevistik 20 166 She suffers alternating torments of extreme fiery heat and icy stormy cold.
b. Productive of or characterized by a burning sensation.In early use chiefly with reference to the venom of a snake; in later use, typically with reference to food or drink.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > generating or producing heat > producing burning sensation
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c1300 St. Patrick's Purgatory (Laud) l. 224 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 206 Al fuyrie naddrene ope heom seten..Some..with kene tieth al fuyrie wombe and breoste to-drowe.
c1405 (c1375) G. Chaucer Monk's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 107 He slow the firy [c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 fery] serpent venymus.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xiv. E The frute shalbe a fyrie worme.
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 37 Cerfolie is an herbe in operation and working in a maner fiery.
?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing Ep. Ded. sig. A.ijv This is that fyrie Serpent, that as manie as loke vpon him should liue.
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. Introd. 42 Being in shape somewhat like to the Millet of Italy, but of a most vehement and firy tast.
1671 M. Lister Let. 25 Jan. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1970) VII. 415 A pissmire bruised & smelt to emitts a strange fiery & peircing savour, like ye leafe of ye hearbe wch Botanists call Flammula broken at ones nostrills.
1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved xxiii. 336 Man..ransacks both the Indies for hot fiery Spices to satisfy his most unreasonable Gustation.
1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. ii. 157 The fiery taste of alcoholic liquors.
1876 Irish Times & Weekly Irish Times 11 Feb. 4 Little girls..on their way to bring the fiery mouthful to the wretched man up-stairs.
1908 Trop. & Sub Trop. Amer. May 149/2 When fermented and distilled the coconut-sap furnishes the fiery drink known in the East as ‘arrack’.
1978 N.Y. Times 10 Feb. c16 At many of the gaudy Thai restaurants now offering this fiery cuisine..the most interesting dishes..are incendiarily hot.
2012 Observer 27 May (Mag.) 74/3 Cardboard plates of tacos..fiery grilled fish with chilli diablo, and a chicken mole.
c. Brightly glowing; blazing with light; having the colour of fire.In quot. 1847 as n.: a fiery colour.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > [adjective] > resembling fire
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] > having appearance of fire
fierya1387
flambant1597
the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun]
rednesseOE
rudOE
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ruddonc1400
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rubor?a1450
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Mars1572
rubedinousness1599
reddiness1611
scarletness1611
rubetude1657
floridity1713
erubescence1736
floridness1776
fiery1847
raddle1860
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 43 (MED) A clowde was i-seie into al Engelond, now blody, now fuyry [c1400 Tiber. vury; L. ignea], þanne i-chaunged by dyvers coloures.
?a1425 (a1400) Brut (Corpus Cambr.) 319 Many sterres..fel doun into þe erþe, levyng behind hem fery bemes.
1448 Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Arms) 484 (MED) In whiche enetid [read euetid] appered in the West ii sterres of fuyry colour.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. D8v Flyeth firie light.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 8 The head and backe parts to the taile, are of a fiery color.
1625 ‘K. Abenezrah’ Euerlasting Prognostication Change of Weather Predictions of Raine sig. A6 The skie or element being red or fiery in a morning, foresheweth raine to follow.
1710 W. Salmon Botanologia II. ccccxxxiv. 626/1 Fiery-red bulbed Lilly.
1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §186 The throne of God appeared like a fiery flame.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest II. xi. 107 The sun..threw a fiery gleam athwart the woods.
1822 T. Gaspey Lollards II. xiii. 244 The..vivid fiery glow [of the vine leaves]..furnished similar evidences of decay.
1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. I. xiv. 239 Hair amounting to a positive fiery.
1858 C. Kingsley Andromeda 15 Pawing the spray into gems, till a fiery rainfall, unharming, Sparkled and gleamed.
1909 E. M. Ingram Game & Candle xvii. 273 He..pushed aside his coat to permit a glimpse of the fiery gem he wore.
1922 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 28 Apr. 7/1 (advt.) Exquisite variety—fiery reds, soft blues and orchids; French or boat necks.
2001 Sight & Sound Sept. 54/1 She draws melancholy from that impassive porcelain face, framed by fiery hair like some buttoned-up Pre-Raphaelite heroine.
d. Esp. of a part of the body or a lesion of the skin: exhibiting or characterized by abnormal redness or heat, or both of these; intensely erythematous; inflamed. Now rare.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > inflammation > [adjective]
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angryc1500
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fiery1600
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > erysipelas
wildfirec1000
St. Francis' fireOE
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holy fire1398
rose1599
fieriness of the face1600
fiery1600
Anthony's fire1609
sacred fire1693
sideration1828
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xliv. 291 The first [ointment of Nicotiana] is better for wounds onely cancrous vlcers, ringwormes, skurfs, and firie faces [Fr. rougeurs de visage].
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece lxxxiii. 168 Barrennesse..may proceed from diuers causes, as through the vntemperatnesse of the matrix, being either two hot and fierie, or two cold and moist, or too dry.
1616 J. Deacon Tobacco Tortured 86 They perceiue their former fierie stomackes so sodainly cooled, and do then feele withall..a chilling cold dispersing it selfe throughout all the parts of their bodie.
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 216 An Erysipilas also, of all Apostems most fiery (as they say).
1670 G. Harvey Little Venus Unmask'd (ed. 2) v. 39 A Frenchman..is troubled with an extreme fiery itching manginess..by reason of the fieriness of his blood.
1739 Gen. Chirurg. Dict. at Antrax, in J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. A red fiery Tumour.
1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 183 Bids a plague Kindle a fiery boil upon the skin.
1844 J. Miller Princ. Surg. i. 42 The blush of shame, or the red spot of hectic, are not the same with the fiery tumour of erysipelas.
1899 W. A. Edwards Cycl. Dis. Children V. 637 Non-corrosive poisons..cause an intense, fiery injection of the stomach.
1910 Methodist Rev. Oct. 691 It is like the pustule on the body, enlarging into a fiery ulcer and eventually into putrid death.
1915 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 15 510 In severe cases of scarlet fever, when the patient has a temperature of 104° F. and upwards, a fiery rash, severe angina and great prostration.
2001 M. W. Schwartz 5-Minute Pediatric Patient Advisor 61/1 Candidiasis: Reddened, often fiery [skin].
e. Chiefly Coal Mining. Of a vapour or gas, esp. in a mine: liable to ignite, highly inflammable. Hence of a mine, or part of one: containing inflammable gas, liable to explosions from firedamp. Cf. fire n. 12. Now chiefly historical. fiery damp: = firedamp n.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [adjective] > containing inflammable gas > of gas in mine: inflammable
fiery1657
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adjective] > going on fire > inflammable
ardent1471
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touchy1629
accendible1630
ignitable1646
fiery1657
fireable1662
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the world > matter > gas > [adjective] > of the nature of fumes or vapour > of or relating to or of nature of noxious vapour > containing inflammable gas
fiery1849
society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [adjective] > containing inflammable gas
fiery1849
1657 J. Rowland tr. J. Johnstone Hist. Wonderful Things of Nature ii. i. 37 We think Bitumen to be the food for these fires, and they are kindled by a fiery vapour that takes fire.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 180 The Fiery Damp is of all others the most dangerous, but is never seen in our pits, though in pits at Leeds,..and Newcastle pits, I have heard much of it.
1751 R. Pococke Trav. (1888) I. 206 They are much troubled with what they call fiery air..When it is very bad, they let down a candle by a rope, to set fire to the fiery damp, as they call it.
1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 50 The damp or fiery vapour was conveyed through pipes to the open air, and formed a terrible illumination.
1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 27 A furnace of the width of 10 feet..will..be sufficient for any mine, however fiery.
1868 Daily News 30 Nov. The seam of coal was known to be..a fiery one.
1905 Trans. Inst. Mining Engineers 1903–4 26 309 A safe light for use in fiery mines.
2010 C. Mills Regulating Health & Safety in Brit. Mining Industries 1800–1914 ii. 46 His [sc. Humphrey Davy's] lamp entered limited service in the fiery collieries of the northeast from around 1816.
3.
a. Of an emotion: vehement, strong; easily roused; ardent.
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the mind > emotion > passion > [adjective]
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sorec1449
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c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 6866 Heo wolde þoru furi yre..ssewi þat heo gulteles were.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 4318 (MED) Sardana Pallus..Was..Falle into thilke fyri rage Of love.
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. iii. sig. O.ii The fyry affeccion that we beare to our own filthy fleshe.
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Rev. xix. f. xxxiv He is also the rightuous iudge..whiche hath a fyerye and burning zeale and hate against all wicked whiche contemne and despyse his worde.
1604 T. Bilson Suruey Christs Sufferings 5 The greatest paine in hell is the sense of Gods fierie wrath.
1798 R. S. New Monk II. vi. 151 This..soluted her once fiery love, which was apparently vanishing, from her actions in the country.
1820 C. R. Maturin Melmoth III. 241 That union of fiery passion and saturnic manners not unusual among Spaniards.
1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 318 Such fiery zeal..implies the firmest belief.
1903 Ann. Rep. Dante Soc. 22 21 The influence of the choleric planet [sc. Mars] engenders sighs and fiery wrath in the lover.
1949 Pampa (Texas) News 20 Mar. 13/1 When once you're seized with fiery desire for forgiveness, don't kneel before her, don't weep and wail.
2007 R. Roberts Born to be Rich x. 79 His disbelief in my ability to do it ignited me with a fiery passion to prove to him that I wasn't all talk.
b. Of the eyes or face: animated by strong emotion, esp. anger.
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the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective] > inflamed with passion > of the eyes or face
fieryc1390
in a flame1790
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adjective] > relating to facial expression > (having) specific facial expression
cheeredc1225
fieryc1390
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hang-dog1677
rock-faced1741
anxious-looking1809
sparkling1837
quizzical1859
poutful1886
old-fashioned1911
rock-like1948
c1390 (?c1350) St. Bernard l. 997 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 57 (MED) Wiþ furi face [L. ignea facie] and brennyng eȝe.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. xii. 59 With astern fyry eyn.
1554 J. Proctor Hist. Wyates Rebellion sig. Gviiiv Wyat..shewed hym selfe with sterne and fiery visage.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 187 Cicero Lookes with such Ferret and such fiery eyes. View more context for this quotation
1686 Strange & Wonderful Hist. Mother Shipton ii. 5 Great gogling eyes, very sharp and fiery.
1736 Conjugal Duty: Pt. 2 188 That these masterly dames would but glasse themselves, that they might see their rugged browes, their fiery eyes, pouching mouthes, their blacke and poisoned tonges.
1799 R. Lawrence tr. J. W. von Goethe Gortz of Berlingen iii. 65 He is a tall majestic looking man, with dark fiery eyes.
1823 J. Neal Randolph I. 68 An old man, and a young one, whose countenance has something very pleasant, though very fiery, about it.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 32 The dark fiery eye and marked features of the Neapolitan fisherman.
1902 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 81/1 Mr Brinjes of the fiery eye and the snake-stick, who made every negro do his bidding.
1979 Daily Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 30 Nov. 43/2 Christopher Lee..does his best to be a merchant of menace, but even his imposing six-foot-six stature and fiery eyes don't create a ripple of terror.
2009 J. J. Murray Too Much of Good Thing iv. 29 I stare at the blinking cursor to avoid Crystal's fiery eyes.
c. Of a person, or a personal quality or action: burning with passion or fervour; characterized by animation or eagerness; spirited; zealous.
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the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective]
hotOE
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the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > high-spiritedness > [adjective]
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c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 2292 He caste his fery herte vp-on hyre.
c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 396 (MED) By ofte repeting and myche multipliyng of schort fiery preiers in fewe wordis contened.
a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 108 (MED) His frosty swoot & fyry hote feruence.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxviii. §140. 431 Thi worde that is fyry thorgh the halygast.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. I3 Many of such writings as come vnder the banner of vnresistable loue, if I were a mistresse, would neuer perswade mee they were in loue: so coldly they applie firie speeches.
1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 i. iv. 88 Hath thy fierie hart so parcht thine entrailes.
1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 24 Very fiery and zealous for the maintenance of Episcopacy.
1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 6 A fiery Soul, which working out its way, Fretted the Pigmy Body to decay.
1712 tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Wks. I. 165 Monsieur Despreaux had not that fiery Imagination which is observ'd in some other Poets.
1799 H. Hunter tr. C. S. Sonnini Trav. Upper & Lower Egypt II. xxxiv. 288 The ardour of their fiery and courageous youth would have made them a formidable corps of cavalry.
1816 H. Clarke Hist. War II. 45/2 The black troops..are naturally of a very fiery disposition, capable of enduring..every difficulty to which military life is exposed.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 459 Adventures irresistibly attractive to his fiery nature.
1948 Life June 81 It was in this square..that many of the union's first fiery organizing speeches were made.
1985 United Press Internat. (Nexis) 23 Nov. Martina Navratilova turned back a fiery challenge from Helena Sukova Saturday to advance to the finals.
2015 Wall St. Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 7 Jan. The End of the Affair..includes some fiery sex scenes between Ms. Moore and Ralph Fiennes.
d. Hot-tempered, fiercely irritable; irascible, angry.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > [adjective] > irascible (of person)
hotOE
wooda1250
hastivec1300
irous1303
hastya1350
angrya1387
melancholiousa1393
quicka1400
irefulc1400
melancholyc1450
turnec1480
iracundiousa1492
passionatea1500
fumish1523
irascible1530
wrothful1535
fierya1540
warm1547
choleric1556
hot at hand1558
waspish1566
incensive1570
bilious1571
splenative1593
hot-livered1599
short1599
spitfire1600
warm-tempered1605
temperless1614
sulphurous1616
angryable1662
huffy1680
hastish1749
peppery1778
quick-tempered1792
inflammable1800
hair-triggered1806
gingery1807
spunky1809
iracund1821
irascid1823
wrathy1828
frenzy1859
gunpowdery1868
gunpowderous1870
tempersome1875
exacerbescent1889
tempery1905
lightningy1906
temperish1925
short-fused1979
a1540 (c1460) G. Hay tr. Bk. King Alexander 12513 For men callit ȝow cuvatus but ressoun all ramage Vncunnand gredy fyry and savage.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iv. 51 Alas how fiery, and how sharpe he lookes. View more context for this quotation
1640 in S. R. Gardiner Hamilton Papers (1880) App. 259 His speeches did so fascinate the old fiery little man.
1710 Tatler No. 231. ⁋2 A terrible Apprehension of his fiery Spirit.
1752 E. Young Brothers i. i. 12 Rome calls me fiery: Let her find me so!
1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London II. xi. 273 The signor and this fiery Montagu exchanged some fierce looks.
1860 C. M. Yonge Cameos lxi, in Monthly Packet Dec. 585 Charles, in his fiery petulance, declared that he would go.
1918 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 605/1 Sir Pepper happened to be in a fiery state at the time.
1973 J. Goodfield Courier to Peking ii. 26 That fiery temper kept erupting just as predictably as Old Faithful.
2012 C. M. Whitaker Standing on Promises 22 Her attitude was as fiery as a ticked off bulldog.
e. Of a horse: spirited, mettlesome.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [adjective] > spirited or skittish
skeyc1440
skittish?1510
skeigh1513
fiery?1561
gay1590
sprightful1598
frampold1600
mettleablec1600
mettle1606
fire-snort1608
mettleda1627
spiritly1630
spiritful1644
mettlesome1655
skeighish1827
flighty1828
slashing1862
fly-about1889
buckish1911
snuffy1955
?1561 T. Blundeville Newe Bk. Arte of Ryding i. i. sig. A.i And if of the fier, then he is cholorique and therfore light, whot, and fiery,..and is wont to be of Coulor a bright sorel.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. ii. 8 The Duke..Mounted vpon a hote and fierie steede. View more context for this quotation
1638 J. Kirke Seven Champions ii. sig. D2 A fiery Sorrell bore the noble youth, Who chew'd the ringled bit, as in disdaine,To be o're-master'd by so weake a Raine.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 100 The fiery Courser..Pricks up his Ears. View more context for this quotation
1712 E. Ward Poet. Entertainer i. 28 The fiery Steed began To rise and mount both Mare and Man.
1768 S. Neville Diary 21 Oct. (1950) ii. 40 The farming people were so civil as to lend us a horse (as the driver thought his too fiery).
1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. x. 65 My horse was..the most fiery..in Paris.
1893 A. Chapman & W. B. Buck Wild Spain v. 57 The knight, mounted on fiery Arab steed, was armed only with the..short sharp lance of those days.
1907 H. James Amer. Scene xiv. 437 The Florida..of Isolina de Vargas, whose voluptuous form was lashed Mazeppa-like, at the climax of her fortunes, to the fiery mustang of the wilderness.
1974 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) 27 Oct. 11 c/1 If there are no race withdrawals, 16 fiery chargers will battle it out.
2005 D. Bonilla & D. Bonilla My Magnificent Horse 22 They talked about..Silver and the Lone Ranger, a fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty ‘Hi Ho Silver!’.
4. Having properties ascribed to or associated with fire as one of the four elements (see fire n. 1b), as distinguished from earth, air, or water; (Astrology) designating signs of the zodiac, planets, etc., associated with the element fire.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > [noun] > Zodiac > sign of zodiac > in combination
triplicity1398
trigon1563
fiery1790
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. x. v. 560 Leye is a firy matiere ispred in eyry substaunce.
c1410 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Harl. 7334) (1885) l. 2369 Arcite to þe temple walkyd is To fyry [c1405 Hengwrt fierse] mars to doon his sacrifise.
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 4448 (MED) O cruel Mars..O hatful sterre, hoot, combust, and drye, Fyry, Irous, grounde of al envie.
a1550 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 38 (MED) They..haue moste obedience to constellacion wherof concorde moste kyndely conveniente is a dyrecte and a fyry ascendent.
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 63v The commoderation of aerye, and fiery substaunce.
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxviii. viii. 1101 Vinegar is made by the corruption of wine, and the segregation of the fiery and aiery parts.
1650 N. Culpeper Ephemeris for 1651 sig. K Of all these Humors, Blood is the chief, all the rest are but superfluities of Blood... Namely, Choller is the Fiery superfluity; Flegm, the Watery; Melancholly the Earthly.
1790 E. Sibly New & Compl. Illustr. Occult Sci. i. 95 Aries, a fiery sign, is placed opposite to Libra, which is an airy sign.
1857 Astrologers' Mag. 1 13 Leo..is the fifth sign, and is by nature a fiery, hot, dry, choleric, masculine, diurnal, commanding, barren, and bestial, eastern sign.
1938 'D. Anrias' Man & Zodiac ii. 16 Fiery signs predominating in a chart indicate an energetic nature.
2004 B. Ziporyn Being & Ambiguity i. 88 Initially, this term ‘water’ means the wet element as opposed to the fiery, earthy, or aery elements.
5.
a. Produced by or with fire; involving the action of fire.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] > produced by fire
fierya1398
ignigenous1727
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. viii. xiii. 481 He [sc. Mars] disposiþ and makeþ able to firy [L. igneas] workes and craftis.
1635 G. Wither Coll. Emblemes iv. 239 Ground my Workes, and buildings all on thee: That by the fiery Test, when they are tride, My Worke may stand, and I may safe abide.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis viii. in tr. Virgil Wks. 452 They turn the glowing Mass, with crooked Tongs: The fiery Work proceeds, with Rustick Songs.
1740 I. Watts Ruin & Recovery of Mankind i. 12 Lakes of glowing metal, or of liquid fire..seem to wait only for a Divine Command to..bury Towns and Provinces in fiery Ruin.
1814 Ld. Byron Lara ii. xvi. 1048 That panting thirst which scorches in the breath Of those that die the soldier's fiery death.
1831 J. Everett Village Blacksmith (ed. 2) 13 The more fiery part of his trade.
1941 Washington Post 16 Mar. 5 Hundreds of Luftwaffe bombers carried out..successful raids.., leaving fiery ruins at 20 British seaports and seven airdromes.
2000 L. Lowry Gathering Blue xii. 117 Splendid towns burned and ravished by fiery destruction.
b.
(a) Designating a process of testing the purity of gold or another metal by heating it with fire. In early use also: †designating gold that has been tested in this way; designating gold with a high level of purity (obsolete). Frequently (and now only) in figurative and metaphorical contexts; cf. sense 5b(b). Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [adjective] > epithet of gold > pure or refined
smeatc725
fireda1382
fiery?1526
beaten1535
obrize1629
obrizum1670
?1526 G. Hervet tr. Erasmus De Immensa Dei Misericordia sig. G.ii I counsayle the sayth he, to bye firy golde [L. aurum ignitum] of me proued, that thou mayste be ryche in dede.
1555 J. Philpot in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1822) III. ii. App. xlviii. 379 I cownsel ye therfor to the fyeri gold of the deity of owre Christ.
1582 O. Pigg Comfortable Treat. First Epist. Peter sig. B.iiiiv Concerning the fiery triall, or triall by fire... The speech is metaphoricall or borrowed, signifying thus much: As fire trieth the pure golde, from that which is counterfait and naught..so troubles and afflictions for Christes sake, doe discerne the faythfull Christian from the hypocrite.
1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. Kiv In a Countrey where no golde doth growe, By arteficiall skill wee'll make golde, I trowe. That shall abide the fierie test as well.
1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. xiv. 28 Another [coin] call'd Compositum, which is a mixt Metal, and will both touch and cut, but will not indure the fiery test.
1773 T. Scott Lyric Poems lxvii. 132 What is the virtue, which untry'd From vicious taint is pure? Gold will the fiery proof abide, And truth the test endure.
1848 A. Gordon Pastor's Gift vii. 51 Gilded metals, and polished brass, may pass with the inexperienced for it, but no gilded substance can ever stand the fiery test.
2003 S. Narayanasamy Youth Devl. in New Millennium iii. 49 The quality of gold is known only when it is put to fiery test, so is the valour and dignity of youth of a nation is [sic] revealed while facing the challenges of the nation.
(b) figurative. Designating a difficult challenge or an arduous or painful ordeal; spec. designating a test of faith or innocence, esp. one likened to or involving ordeal by fire. Frequently in fiery ordeal, fiery trial. Cf. fire ordeal n. at fire n. and int. Compounds 2a, ordeal by fire at ordeal n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [adjective] > specific tests
fiery1568
double-blind1950
blind1962
single-blind1963
beta test1978
randomized1978
1568 Bible (Bishops') Peter iv. 12 Dearely beloued, thinke it not straunge concerning the fierie triall, which thing is to trye you, as though some straunge thyng happened vnto you.
1670 T. Brooks London's Lamentations i. 41 God by fiery tryals will unfreeze the frozen graces of his people.
1729 G. Adams in tr. Sophocles Trag. II. 22 The Saxons of this Land had a Custom not much differing from this, called the Fiery Ordeal. The Manner of this Test was thus: The Person accused passed blindfold through Plough Shares red hot.
1841 Hagerstown (Maryland) Mall 3 Sept. Put me through the ‘fiery ordeal’, and it will be found, that..my morals, to say the least of them, will compare with his.
1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxiv. 395 The fiery trial which England went through.
1924 Times of India 25 Dec. 15/4 The fiery test to which Wolseley was subjected on this occasion might well have affected the temper of baser metal; but he emerged from it triumphantly.
1996 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 59 23 Lommel, pondering..the doctrine of the last fiery ordeal, pointed out that the prophet plainly developed this concept from that of the actual ordeal by fire or by molten metal which was a form of ultimate judicial trial among the Indo-Iranians.
c. Designating firearms; of or relating to firearms. Cf. fire n. 10b. Now historical and rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adjective]
fiery1548
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xlvijv Are not here the bold Britons with fiery handgonnes and sharpe swerdes?
1568 T. Jeney tr. P. Ronsard Discours Present Troobles Fraunce sig. D.iijv Restrayne whithe stedy raignes these men, That whithe vnbrideled heade, Haste to the stage of fyerie armes, Theire natiue blud to sheed.
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres i. 2 The wars are much altered since the fierie weapons first came vp.
1608 E. Grimeston tr. J. F. Le Petit Gen. Hist. Netherlands xiv. 1089 The fiery bullets, and other fire workes which were shot into the towne, did much amaze the besieged.
1660 H. Fletcher Perfect Politician 181 He caused two battering Guns to be planted:..the wall no longer being able to indure the force of these fiery Engines, fell down in many places.
1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 5 The whirring Pheasant..feels the fiery Wound.
1740 Old Eng. for Ever 58 Their Adversaries, whom such vast Numbers, as were the Indians, might have easily seized, before they could load their Pieces a second Time, were they not so much intimidated and surprised at the strange Effect of those fiery Weapons.
1840 Ladies' Compan. Mar. 211/1 The flowers by bloody floods were stained, The fruits destroyed by fiery shot.
1892 S. M. Latif Lahore ii. 114 Matchlock men, who, with their fiery weapons, spread destruction in the ranks of the besieged Dogras.
2009 B. H. Rosenwein Short Hist. Middle Ages (ed. 3) viii. 317 A standing army was created, trained, billeted, and supplied with weapons, including the new ‘fiery’ artillery, all under royal command.
6. Cricket. Of a wicket or pitch: causing the ball to bounce steeply (and disconcertingly for the batter) after pitching; (of bowling, a delivery) bouncing steeply and disconcertingly; (also) very fast. Cf. fire n. 18.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricket ground > [adjective] > types of surface
fast1844
sticky1870
fiery1874
kicking1885
kicky1888
1874 School Mag. (Uppingham School) 1 Oct. 260 The wicket was very fiery, and as Furley had got full steam on, the ball kept whizzing about the batsmen's ears.
1891 Times 30 Mar. 7/6 He also took the fiery bowling of Crossland unflinchingly.
1893 Baily's Mag. Oct. 255/1 Fiery wickets are not at all desirable, since they introduce an element of danger into the game which is customarily absent.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 7 Aug. 11/2 Mr. Carr is indispensable to an England eleven on any wicket—fast, slow, crumbly, fiery.
1921 Times 14 Jan. 5/3 Gregory, with a fiery delivery, knocked the bat out of Hobbs's hand and struck the batsman's wrist.
1957 Manch. Guardian 27 Dec. 7/5 A fiery spell of fast bowling by Heine had wrecked the early part of the innings.
2012 Warrnambool (Austral.) Standard (Nexis) 10 Jan. 18 Australia opted for a four-man pace attack on what they thought would end up being a fiery wicket.
Compounds
C1.
a. Adverbial, as fiery-bright, fiery hot, fiery-red, fiery-sparkling, etc.
ΚΠ
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xi. xiii. 591 Whanne firy hoot iren [L. ferrum ignitum] is quenchid in water.
c1450 in Mod. Philol. (1924) 21 393 (MED) Rubies flesshly fyry rede.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. vi. sig. Pvv The eien firye Bright.
1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. Kv Mars..Mounted vpon his firie-shining waine.
1613 W. Drummond Teares Death Meliades Mong..fierie twinckling gleames Of warme vermilion swords.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 212 Which fierie-rash temper of his.
1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 335 Such Fiery-hot Reverberatories of Self-pretensions to Religion.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 350 The Cyclops' eye so fiery fierce.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 108 Fiery-short was Cyril's counter-scoff.
1889 G. Massey My Lyrical Life II. 304 His fiery-flaming two-edged sword, Which at each door and window waves and burns.
1977 M. S. K. Baluch Lit. Hist. Baluchis I. iii. 81 Both these fiery kindled war-lords tried the edge and energy of their sword for about three decades.
2007 D. Rainbolt Ghost Cats ii. 22 This fiery-sparkling tendency [sc. of cats' fur]..probably led the superstitious medieval people to regard the unfortunate creature as..Satan's companion.
b. Parasynthetic, as fiery-faced, fiery-footed, fiery-tempered, fiery-winged, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > [adjective] > performed with or accompanied by running > swift of foot
lightOE
fiery-footed1565
fleet-foot1593
swift-foot1594
wind-foot1598
swift-footed1609
footed as (also like, with) the wind1612
fast-footed?1615
swift-heeled1634
fleet-footed1726
wind-footed1848
1565 B. Garter Tragicall Hist. Two Eng. Louers f. 44v That an other Phaeton sholde serue in Phoebus torn And that the fyery footed horse both sea and shore sholde bourne.
1585 A. Munday tr. L. Pasqualigo Fedele & Fortunio i. ii. sig. Biijv Clearer then Beauties fiery pointed beam: Or Ysie cruste of Christalles frosen stream. [No corresponding sentence in the Italian original.]
1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. E4v Euen from the fiery spangled baile of heauen.
1602 F. Davison et al. Poet. Rapsody sig. B12v With firy-hoofed steedes, Thou daily doe the steepy Welkin beate.
1641 Disc. conc. Puritans 15 Some fiery-spirited Ministers..did fancie to themselves a democratick forme of policy.
1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xx. 52 In aid of Troy..came, Mars fiery-helm'd [Gk. κορυθαίολος].
1746 W. Collins Odes 29 Whether the fiery-tressed Dane, Or Roman's self o'erturn'd the Fane.
1761 A. Murphy All in Wrong ii. 28 A smooth faced, fiery eyed, warm-complexioned, taper young fellow.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xviii. 299 They..may cry and howl when they see the stoop of the flying and fiery-mouthed dragon.
1829 Times 1 July 3/6 A fiery-tempered woman..was remanded on a charge of having fractured the skull of another female with a blow of a broom-handle.
1846 G. Croly Mod. Orlando 7 Is not the world one fiery-wheeled machine?
1881 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 30 Apr. 6/7 A fiery-haired denizen of Pacific avenue, was arrested last night for picking..pockets.
1910 Times of India 1 Mar. 6 The Spirit of War represented by a fiery-winged horse.
1968 P. Lowther This Difficult Flowring 26 Always, like Eden's fiery-sworded guard, He damns me for my sin Of growing lids And muscled iris in my eyes.
1984 D. Cannell Thin Woman 243 I love the way you look in that fiery-coloured dress.
2009 J. Chamberlain Chinese Gods 224 Three large, fiery-visaged papier-mache figures survey the scene.
2014 Independent (Nexis) 31 Jan. 24 Some of us only have to hear the words ‘Bishop of Bath and Wells’ to conjure up an image of a fiery-faced degenerate on Blackadder.
c. Complementary, as fiery looking, fiery-seeming, fiery tasting, etc.
ΚΠ
1628 World Encompassed by Sir F. Drake 96 An infinite swarme of fierie-seeming-wormes flying in the aire.
1767 Hist. Harriot Fitzroy & Emilia Spencer II. 3 Such a sly artful cast he has with his large goggle eyes..a large nose and fiery looking face.
1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 22 A few pink, fiery-looking blisters appeared on his body.
1850 I. Williams Seven Days ii. 70 With their broad arms the heavenly orb embrace, Whose out-post is that fiery-seeming star.
1909 Des Moines (Iowa) News 15 Sept. 3 (advt.) Mellow Springs..whiskey..is not a cheap fiery tasting blend.
1960 Transatlantic Rev. Spring 88 It happened that the typist, small, slightly built and fiery-seeming, was the type of girl to which he had always been most attracted.
2007 T. Sentell Toonamint of Champions 174 The nozzle of the flamethrower was dripping some fiery looking oil type stuff that was bright red and bright orange.
C2. † fiery-new adj. Obsolete (a) = brand-new adj. (cf. fire-new adj.); (b) (of the taste of wine, whisky, etc.) not yet mellowed.† fiery-puissant adj. [ < fiery adj. + puissant adj., after classical Latin ignipotēns ignipotent adj.] Obsolete rare acting or working powerfully with fire.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [adjective] > brand new
span-newc1300
spon-new13..
brand-newc1570
spick and span new1579
new-new1592
fire-new1597
fiery-new1644
spick and span1665
split-new1695
spander-new1707
spank span-new1775
spick-span1815
spleet-new1818
brand-span-new1828
spick-span new1880
firebrand new1882
spanking new1886
spandy new1903
pin-new1967
box-fresh1990
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > qualities or characteristics of wine > [adjective] > matured or fermented > not
greeneOE
musty?1440
must1559
mustulent1592
aiglent1623
infermented1732
stummy1770
mute1801
fiery-new1842
1644 E. Fisher Feast of Feasts 2 Take a taste of their new, fiery-new Divinity.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Will Waterproof's Monologue in Poems (new ed.) II. 187 The vintage, yet unkept, Had relish fiery-new.
1883 G. H. Calvert Brangonar ii. iii. 21 Time hath been long in travail with a brood Of men so fiery new, they make events Of such far drift.
ΚΠ
a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Nyne Fyrst Bks. Eneidos (1562) x. sig. Ggij That shield which..the fyry-puissant god vnuict, gaue thee with golden grates.
1585 J. Sharrock tr. C. Ocland Valiant Actes & Victorious Battailes Eng. Nation ii. sig. G4v Him armour strong inclosde, of finest mettall polisht wrought, Such as by fierie puissant God, yforgd you would haue thought.
fiery triplicity n. [compare post-classical Latin triplicitas ignea (1344 in a British source), Middle French, triplicité du feu, triplicité de feu (a1498; French triplicité de feu)] Astrology the triplicity comprising the signs Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius, which are associated with the element fire (see fire n. 1b); also figurative.
ΚΠ
1583 T. Heth Manifest Confut. Astrol. Disc. sig. C4v Neither the Fiery triplicitie infortunate, neither the Signe of the eleuenth and fift house..are willingly (as vnneedefull) for breuitie sake omitted.
1680 Hon. Cavalier 15 The Pope, the Fanatick, and the Turk, that Fiery Triplicity of the World.
1926 I. M. Pagan From Pioneer to Poet (ed. 2) Introd. p. x Aries, Leo and Sagittarius are fiery. They work..sympathetically with the airy triplicity—consisting of Gemini, Libra and Aquarius.
2005 B. Bobrick Fated Sky i. 56 The Moon was in Sagittarius, thus in the fiery triplicity ruled by Jupiter and the Sun.
C3. In the names of animals (esp. birds) and plants which are fiery in coloration or character.† fiery brandtail n. English regional Obsolete the common redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus; cf. firebrand n. 6, firetail n. 1.† fiery-flare n. [ < fiery adj. + flare, variant of flair n.2; compare earlier fiery-flaw n.] British regional Obsolete rare the common stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca; = fire-flair n. at fire n. and int. Compounds 2c.† fiery-flaw n. [compare fire-flaw n.2 and the discussion at that entry] British regional Obsolete the common stingray, Dasyatis pastinaca; = fire-flaw n.2† fiery-tangs n. [ < fiery adj. + tangs, variant of tongs n.] Scottish Obsolete rare a crab or lobster, with reference either to the fierceness of the grip or to the colour of the claws after boiling.† fiery thorn n. [ < fiery adj. + thorn n., after scientific Latin pyracantha (see pyracantha n.)] Obsolete a pyracantha, esp. Pyracantha coccinea; = firethorn n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Phoenicurus > species phoenicurus (redstart)
redtail1544
redstart1553
stark1611
firetail1752
star finch1752
brandtail1802
redstart warbler1815
firebrand1848
fiery brandtail1853
fireflirt1883
1853 F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds III. 144 Redstart...Fiery Bran-tail.
1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Fiery-bran'tail, the Redstart.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > member of family Dasyatidae (sting-ray)
sting ray1624
sea-devil1634
fiery-flaw1684
fire-flaw1684
whip-ray1699
fire-flaira1705
devil fish1737
trygon1749
stingaree1838
sephen1854
sting-tail1872
fiery-flare1889
1889 Cent. Dict. Fiery-flare, a local English name for the sting-ray.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > member of family Dasyatidae (sting-ray)
sting ray1624
sea-devil1634
fiery-flaw1684
fire-flaw1684
whip-ray1699
fire-flaira1705
devil fish1737
trygon1749
stingaree1838
sephen1854
sting-tail1872
fiery-flare1889
1684 R. Sibbald Scotl. Illustr. ii. iii. 23 Pastinaca Marina, the Fire or Fiery Flaw.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Fiery-flaw or fire-flaire, a northern designation of the sting-ray (Raia pastinaca).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab)
crabc1000
crab-fisha1400
cancer?a1425
partan1428
crayfish1509
canker1562
rock crab1736
fiery-tangs1813
cancroid1852
brachyuran1877
partan-crab1893
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Macrura > member of genus Homarus (lobster)
lobstera1000
sea lion1601
locusta1664
sea-locust1672
fiery-tangs1813
chicken lobster1871
homarine1880
1813 J. Headrick Gen. View Agric. Angus App. 55 Both these species [crab and lobster] are called in Angusshire..Firy-tangs.
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1838 J. C. Loudon Arboretum & Fruticetum Britannicum I. p. lxiv/1 Pyracantha Pers. The fiery Thorn, or Pyracantha.
1858 J. A. Warder Hedges & Evergreens ii. 276 Fiery Thorn is an evergreen with dark foliage and bright-red berries.
1921 A. D. Taylor & G. D. Cooper Compl. Garden xxxiii. 253 Pyracantha coccinea pauciflora Low-growing Fiery Thorn.
fiery topaz n. a large South American hummingbird, Topaza pyra, the male of which has metallic orange and red plumage on the back and belly.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Trochilidae (humming-bird) > unspecified and miscellaneous types of
zumbador1758
sunbeam1769
black warrior1831
hermit-bird1837
Anna's hummingbird1839
jacobin1843
straight-tail1843
vervain hummingbird1847
wedge-bill1848
fiery topaz1854
sungem1856
wood-star1859
calliope1861
rainbow1861
sabre-wing1861
sawbill1861
swallowtail1861
sword-bill1861
thorn-bill1861
visor-bearer1861
warrior1861
wood-nymph1861
puffleg1869
calliope hummingbird1872
flame-bearer1882
shear-tail1885
plature1890
rainbow starfrontlet1966
1854 Excelsior 2 325 Mr. Gould has since figured and described a nearly allied and still more lovely species, under the name of Fiery topaz.
1921 C. A. Ealand Animal Ingenuity of To-day x. 132 The fiery topaz deftly moulds the uninviting substance into a comfortable, serviceable nest of marvellous craftsmanship.
2012 L. A. Walker Courage to Return xxix. 185 Pictures of fiery topaz hummingbirds hung on yellow walls.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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