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单词 ignis fatuus
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ignis fatuusn.

Brit. /ˌɪɡnɪs ˈfatjʊəs/, /ˌɪɡnɪs ˈfatʃʊəs/, U.S. /ˌɪɡnəs ˈfætʃuəs/
Inflections: Plural ignes fatui Brit. /ˌɪɡneɪs ˈfatjʊi/, /ˌɪɡneɪs ˈfatʃʊi/, U.S. /ˌɪɡneɪs ˈfætʃui/, (nonstandard) ignis fatui.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ignis fatuus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin ignis fatuus, literally ‘foolish fire’ (15th cent. in commentaries on Aristotle's Meterologica) < classical Latin ignis fire (see ignite v.) + fatuus foolish (see fatuous adj.).
1. A phosphorescent light seen floating at night over marshy ground; = will-o'-the-wisp n. 1a.Atmospheric lights called ignis fatuus or will-o'-the-wisp often appear in folklore and were sometimes thought to have a supernatural origin. When approached, the ignis fatuus appeared to recede, and finally to vanish, sometimes reappearing in another direction. This led to the notion that it was the work of a mischievous sprite, intentionally leading travellers astray. Some possible scientific explanations include chemiluminescence, bioluminescence, or the ignition of a volatile gas, e.g. methane, phosphine (PH3), or diphosphane (P2H4), produced by organic decay in marshes or swamps. Now rarely reported.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > phosphorescence > will-o'-the-wisp
fox-fire1483
foolish fire1563
ignis fatuus1563
fool's fire1583
Kit with the canstick or candlestick1584
going fire1596
will-o'-the-wisp1596
meteor1597
firedrake1607
wisp1618
ambulones1621
Dick-a-Tuesday1636
friar's lantern1645
gillian burnt-tail1654
Jill-burnt-tail1654
Jack-o'-lantern1658
fatuous fire1661
wildfire1663
wandering fire or light1667
Jack-a-Lent1680
fairy light1722
spunkie1727
Jill-o'-the-wisp1750
fen-fire1814
fatuus1820
marsh-light1823
feu follet1832
wisp-lighta1847
hob-lantern1847
ghost light1849
elf-fire1855
Peggy-with-her-lantern1855
fatuous light1857–8
marsh-fire1865
swamp fire1903
Min-Min1950
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > optical illusion > [noun] > an optical illusion > ignis fatuus
foolish fire1563
ignis fatuus1563
fool's fire1583
will-o'-the-wisp1596
night-fire1633
Dick-a-Tuesday1636
fatuous vapour1661
fatuus1668
draco volans1675
spunkie1727
fen-fire1814
fatuous fire1845
fatuous light1857–8
1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors ii. f. 11v This impression seen on the lande, is called in latin, Ignis fatuus, foolish fyre, that hurteth not, but only feareth foules.
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 39 An Ignis Fatuus, that bewitches, And leads men into Pools and Ditches.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 380 Floating bodies of fire..the ignis fatuus, or wandering fire.
1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. i. 23 To avoid being led astray by the ignis fatuus, the most secure method is to carry a lamp.
1911 Nature 6 July 16/11 Appearances of the Aurora Borealis, glimmering lights in the sky, fire-balls, ignis fatui, lightnings, corrustations [sic] and emanations from the soil.
2014 Wexford People (Nexis) 28 Oct. 80 Since bogs are such a prominent feature of the Irish landscape ignis fatuus is well known in Ireland.
2. figurative. A thing or person that gives false guidance; a delusive guiding principle, hope, or aim.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > one who deceives
swikec1000
wielerOE
adderOE
knavec1275
treacherc1290
guiler1303
gabbera1325
tricharda1327
faitoura1340
jugglera1340
beswiker1340
wernard1362
knackerc1380
beguilera1382
deceiver1382
illusor1382
deceivant1393
fob1393
falsea1400
mocker?c1450
feature14..
deceptor1484
seductor1490
bullera1500
troker?a1500
craftera1529
circumventorc1540
bobber1542
cloyner?1550
illuder?1550
tricker1550
double-dealer1567
treacherer1571
falsary1573
abuser1579
falser1579
treachetour1590
deluder1592
ignis fatuus1592
foolmonger1593
prestigiator1595
aguiler1598
baffler1606
cog-foist1606
feaguer1610
guile-man1614
hocus-pocus1624
colt1632
hoodwink1638
blindfoldera1649
napper1653
cheat1664
fooler1677
underdealer1682
circumvenerc1686
chincher1688
dodger1698
nickum1699
sheep-shearer1699
trickster1711
bilker1717
trickologist1723
taker-in1776
bilk1790
duper1792
Yorkshire bite1801
intake1808
gammoner1819
doer1840
delusionist1841
fiddler1857
snide1874
hoodwinker1884
tanger1886
take-down1888
tiddlywinker1893
wangler1912
frost1914
twicer1924
lurkman1945
jive-ass1964
skanker1973
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [noun] > an instance of, illusion > leading astray
ignis fatuus1592
by-fantasy1609
1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. (new ed.) iv. 58 There be wrangling, & quarreling hoatspurres inough, though I be none: Ignis fatuus neuer so spritishly busy: neuer so many threatning Comets: neuer such a terrible sky of Blasing, and falling stars.
1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered xii. 40 To make the Grecians, who account the preaching of the Gospell follie, expounders of Christian oracles, and to fetch light from their Heathenish Ignis fatuus.
1631 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 31 For Sr Arthur Savage, he is the primum mobile, the ignis fatuus that misleades all the rest.
1777 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 264 What an ignis fatuus this ambition is?
1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XV liv. 32 Following the ‘Ignes Fatui’ of mankind.
1896 Duke of Argyll Philos. Belief Pref. 7 That ignis fatuus of the time—uniformity of worship throughout the three kingdoms.
1991 E. Peters Last Camel died at Noon i. vi. 125 It was on that evening we might first have expected to see him if the map proved to be an ignis fatuus and he turned back.
2016 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 19 Mar. The ignis fatuus of the internet—the millions of atomised individuals looking for ‘communities’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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