fireflyn.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪəflʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌflaɪ/

Forms: see fire n. and fly n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., fly n.¹

Etymology: < fire n. + fly n.¹ Compare Dutch vuurvlieg pyrausta (1620), tropical fire beetle (1726).

1. A mythical fly believed to live in or be generated by fire. Cf. pyralis n. 1, pyrausta n. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > that lives in fire

salamander1340

pyralis1566

pyrausta1566

fireworm1567

firefly1598

miller fowl1598

Vulcanal1657

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Pirausta, a fire-flye..bred and liuing in the fire, and going from it dieth, and flieth into the leame of a candle.

?1632 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xiii. 174 The Soule of the Luxurious man, will never be nourished with the flames of Lust, as the Salamander, the Fire-flye, and the Crecket with the fire-materiall.

1658 E. Ashmole Way to Bliss iii. iii. 199 Like the Fier-fly he doth live and flourish in the Fire.

1796 Gill's Compl. Body Doctrinal & Pract. Divinity (new ed.) II. iv. 490 There is a sort of fly, called pyrausta, or the fire-fly, which lives in the fire.

1958 A. F. Scholfield tr. Ælian On Characteristics of Animals I. ii. ii. 89 That there should spring from fire winged creatures which men call ‘Fire-flies’..is a startling fact.

2. An insect producing light by bioluminescence. (a) Any of various beetles of the family Lampyridae, many of which possess a bioluminescent organ which is typically used by the male at night to produce a flashing light, as Luciola lusitanica of southern Europe and Photinus pyralis of North America (cf. firebug n. 1a, glow-worm n. a). (b) Any of various click beetles of the genus Pyrophorus of the New World tropics, which produce a steady light (cf. fire beetle n. at fire n. and int. Compounds 2c).The light is produced by the action of the enzyme luciferase on the substance luciferin, and is typically used in courtship.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Lampyridae > member of (fire-fly)

fireworm1567

firefly1655

salamander-fly1668

lightning bug1778

firebug1789

glow-fly1789

lampyrine1842

lightning beetle1854

Photuris1858

meadow-fly1867

lampyrid1895

peeny-wally1961

1655 H. Whistler Jrnl. 21 Apr. in C. H. Firth Narr. Gen. Venables (1900) 161 Hear are allso a great flie that the spaniard doth call a fier flie, theas doue flie in the Night, and doue show like a cole of fier.

1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 167 As to the Fire-Flies,..I take them to be a Glow-Worm Volant.

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. iii. 432 The larger Fire-Fly.

1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. xxvi. 113 Fire-flies innumerous spangling o'er the vale.

1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths II. 262 Where the fire-flies flash amongst the lemon blossoms and the myrtle.

a1921 A. Teixeira de Mattos tr. J. H. Fabre Insect World of J. H. Fabre (1991) xil. 313 The centuries-old mystery of the cold light produced by the Firefly and the Glow-Worm is still partially a riddle.

1958 I. Fleming Dr. No vii. 85 The fireflies..came out and began flashing their sexual morse.

1977 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 10) II. 868 The most remarkable species are the ‘fire-flies’ (Pyrophorus) which are mainly Neotropical.

2010 T. McCarthy C xi. 254 In the gloaming, he can see a firefly pulsing photically, in dots and dashes.

Compounds

C1. attributive in sense 2, with the sense ‘of or relating to a firefly; reminiscent of the brief or intermittent flashing of a firefly's light’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [adjective] > phosphorescent > lighted by fireflies

firefly1806

1806 T. Moore Epistles, Odes 39 Her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see.

1833 Lady Morgan Dramatic Scenes II. i. 53 That the fire-fly mind of an high organization should become as dull and dreary as one of us!

1852 R. T. Conrad Aylmere & Other Poems 203 It not beseems us, rebels, then, to turn And weep the quenching of a fire-fly joy.

1858 H. Bushnell Serm. for New Life 189 A mere fire-fly spark in comparison.

1948 A. Toynbee Civilization on Trial i. 9 Those pages teeming with firefly flashes of historical insight.

1965 Bull. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. Mar. 2 The color of firefly light and flashing patterns will be discussed as mechanisms for species identification.

2012 Cell Stress & Chaperones 17 730/2 Times were restricted to a maximum of 45 min due to heat-induced misfolding of firefly luciferase and Renilla luciferase.

C2. Instrumental, as firefly-lighted, firefly-studded, etc.

ΚΠ

1876 ‘Ouida’ In Winter City vii. 183 Such as echo through the firefly-lighted corn.

1889 F. Caddy To Siam & Malaya xii. 301 We enjoyed the cool air and fire-fly-studded shade.

2004 Los Angeles Mag. Aug. 38 For decades, the only place you could enjoy the poetry of a firefly-filled Southern California evening was at Disneyland.

2009 Daily Herald (Chicago) 19 June 2/5 Take a firefly-studded wagon ride at twilight.

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

单词	firefly
释义	fireflyn. Brit. /ˈfʌɪəflʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌflaɪ/ Forms: see fire n. and fly n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., fly n.¹ Etymology: < fire n. + fly n.¹ Compare Dutch vuurvlieg pyrausta (1620), tropical fire beetle (1726). 1. A mythical fly believed to live in or be generated by fire. Cf. pyralis n. 1, pyrausta n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > that lives in fire salamander1340 pyralis1566 pyrausta1566 fireworm1567 firefly1598 miller fowl1598 Vulcanal1657 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Pirausta, a fire-flye..bred and liuing in the fire, and going from it dieth, and flieth into the leame of a candle. ?1632 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xiii. 174 The Soule of the Luxurious man, will never be nourished with the flames of Lust, as the Salamander, the Fire-flye, and the Crecket with the fire-materiall. 1658 E. Ashmole Way to Bliss iii. iii. 199 Like the Fier-fly he doth live and flourish in the Fire. 1796 Gill's Compl. Body Doctrinal & Pract. Divinity (new ed.) II. iv. 490 There is a sort of fly, called pyrausta, or the fire-fly, which lives in the fire. 1958 A. F. Scholfield tr. Ælian On Characteristics of Animals I. ii. ii. 89 That there should spring from fire winged creatures which men call ‘Fire-flies’..is a startling fact. 2. An insect producing light by bioluminescence. (a) Any of various beetles of the family Lampyridae, many of which possess a bioluminescent organ which is typically used by the male at night to produce a flashing light, as Luciola lusitanica of southern Europe and Photinus pyralis of North America (cf. firebug n. 1a, glow-worm n. a). (b) Any of various click beetles of the genus Pyrophorus of the New World tropics, which produce a steady light (cf. fire beetle n. at fire n. and int. Compounds 2c).The light is produced by the action of the enzyme luciferase on the substance luciferin, and is typically used in courtship. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Diversicornia > family Lampyridae > member of (fire-fly) fireworm1567 firefly1655 salamander-fly1668 lightning bug1778 firebug1789 glow-fly1789 lampyrine1842 lightning beetle1854 Photuris1858 meadow-fly1867 lampyrid1895 peeny-wally1961 1655 H. Whistler Jrnl. 21 Apr. in C. H. Firth Narr. Gen. Venables (1900) 161 Hear are allso a great flie that the spaniard doth call a fier flie, theas doue flie in the Night, and doue show like a cole of fier. 1698 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 167 As to the Fire-Flies,..I take them to be a Glow-Worm Volant. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. iii. 432 The larger Fire-Fly. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. xxvi. 113 Fire-flies innumerous spangling o'er the vale. 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths II. 262 Where the fire-flies flash amongst the lemon blossoms and the myrtle. a1921 A. Teixeira de Mattos tr. J. H. Fabre Insect World of J. H. Fabre (1991) xil. 313 The centuries-old mystery of the cold light produced by the Firefly and the Glow-Worm is still partially a riddle. 1958 I. Fleming Dr. No vii. 85 The fireflies..came out and began flashing their sexual morse. 1977 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 10) II. 868 The most remarkable species are the ‘fire-flies’ (Pyrophorus) which are mainly Neotropical. 2010 T. McCarthy C xi. 254 In the gloaming, he can see a firefly pulsing photically, in dots and dashes. Compounds C1. attributive in sense 2, with the sense ‘of or relating to a firefly; reminiscent of the brief or intermittent flashing of a firefly's light’. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [adjective] > phosphorescent > lighted by fireflies firefly1806 1806 T. Moore Epistles, Odes 39 Her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see. 1833 Lady Morgan Dramatic Scenes II. i. 53 That the fire-fly mind of an high organization should become as dull and dreary as one of us! 1852 R. T. Conrad Aylmere & Other Poems 203 It not beseems us, rebels, then, to turn And weep the quenching of a fire-fly joy. 1858 H. Bushnell Serm. for New Life 189 A mere fire-fly spark in comparison. 1948 A. Toynbee Civilization on Trial i. 9 Those pages teeming with firefly flashes of historical insight. 1965 Bull. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. Mar. 2 The color of firefly light and flashing patterns will be discussed as mechanisms for species identification. 2012 Cell Stress & Chaperones 17 730/2 Times were restricted to a maximum of 45 min due to heat-induced misfolding of firefly luciferase and Renilla luciferase. C2. Instrumental, as firefly-lighted, firefly-studded, etc. ΚΠ 1876 ‘Ouida’ In Winter City vii. 183 Such as echo through the firefly-lighted corn. 1889 F. Caddy To Siam & Malaya xii. 301 We enjoyed the cool air and fire-fly-studded shade. 2004 Los Angeles Mag. Aug. 38 For decades, the only place you could enjoy the poetry of a firefly-filled Southern California evening was at Disneyland. 2009 Daily Herald (Chicago) 19 June 2/5 Take a firefly-studded wagon ride at twilight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598
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