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flammeous, a. Now rare.|ˈflæmɪəs|
[f. L. flamme-us (f. flamma flame) + -ous.]
1. Of the nature of flame.
1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 45 An inanimate and unintelligent masse of flammeous matter. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies ii. vii. 245 Comets are Flammeous, or Lucid Expirations..produced by the Planets. 1775in Ash.
2. Resembling flame or its attributes; flamelike; hence, shining, resplendent.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxv. 177 This flammeous light [of the Glow-worme]. 1672Phil. Trans. VII. 4071 The flammeous Life of the Bloud. 1728Earbery tr. Burnet's St. Dead II. 34 The Glory of the Person of Christ is..described..as lucid and flammeous.
3. Flame-coloured.
1656–81Blount Glossogr., Flammeous, somewhat coloured like a flame of fire. 1867A. L. Adams Wand. Nat. India 113 The flammeous flycatcher (Pericrocotus flammeus)..red is the prevailing hue of the former [males]. |