fire-islen.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪəʌɪl/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌaɪl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., isle n.

Etymology: < fire n. + isle n.

literary and poetic. Now rare.

A volcanic island.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > island > [noun] > other

desert island1607

holt1611

sister isle1612

atoll1625

floating island1638

sister island1659

tropical island1769

artificial island1775

home island1806

wooden island1808

fire-isle1817

coral-island1831

thrum cap1832

branch-island1834

island-continent1872

off-island1880

hover1892

phosphate island1909

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna vii. viii. 160 From the fire-isles came he.

1844 T. Hawkins Wars Jehovah iv. 164 On came he Like a fire-isle, like Stromboli a-sea.

1907 T. Common tr. F. Nietzsche Thus spake Zarathustra (rev. ed.) ii. xviii. 47 About the same time that these sailors landed on the fire-isle, there was a rumour that Zarathustra had disappeared.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fire-isle
释义	fire-islen. Brit. /ˈfʌɪəʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌaɪl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., isle n. Etymology: < fire n. + isle n. literary and poetic. Now rare. A volcanic island. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > island > [noun] > other desert island1607 holt1611 sister isle1612 atoll1625 floating island1638 sister island1659 tropical island1769 artificial island1775 home island1806 wooden island1808 fire-isle1817 coral-island1831 thrum cap1832 branch-island1834 island-continent1872 off-island1880 hover1892 phosphate island1909 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna vii. viii. 160 From the fire-isles came he. 1844 T. Hawkins Wars Jehovah iv. 164 On came he Like a fire-isle, like Stromboli a-sea. 1907 T. Common tr. F. Nietzsche Thus spake Zarathustra (rev. ed.) ii. xviii. 47 About the same time that these sailors landed on the fire-isle, there was a rumour that Zarathustra had disappeared. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1817
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