flammeousadj.
/ˈflamɪəs/ Now rare.
1. Of the nature of flame.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] > of the nature of or resembling flame
flamya1586
flammeous1664
mad-blazing1837
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 45 An inanimate and unintelligent masse of flammeous matter.
1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. vii. 245 Comets are Flammeous, or Lucid Expirations..produced by the Planets.
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
2. Resembling flame or its attributes; flamelike; hence, shining, resplendent.
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the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [adjective] > brilliant or resplendent
flaming?a1400
livelyc1425
resplendent?1440
resplendant?1473
resplendishant?1473
fulgent?a1475
resplendishing1479
splendiferousa1500
vehement1528
preclarec1550
profulgent1561
prelucent1568
splendicant1592
full1599
resplending1600
splendorous1604
splendious1609
splendid1634
flammeous1646
vivid1665
brilliant1681
effulgent1737
fulgorous1772
spandy-bright1968
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxv. 177 This flammeous light [of the Glow-worme] . View more context for this quotation
1672 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 7 4071 The flammeous Life of the Bloud.
1728 M. Earbery tr. T. Burnet Of State of Dead II. ix. 34 The Glory of the Person of Christ, is..described..as Lucid and Flammeous.
3. Flame-coloured.
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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > flame-coloured
flammeous1656
the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > orange-red
redeOE
fire-reda1382
flame-red1382
flammid1610
flammeous1656
orange-red1796
iron-red1798
pimento1921
pimiento1963
flame1970
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Flammeous, somewhat coloured like a flame of fire.
1867 A. L. Adams Wanderings Naturalist India 113 The flammeous flycatcher (Pericrocotus flammeus)..red is the prevailing hue of the former [males].
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