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单词 jill-o'-the-wisp
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Jill-o'-the-wisp
Jill-o'-the-wisp n. [after will-o'-the-wisp n.] Obsolete a woman considered elusive or likely to lead an admirer astray; cf. will-o'-the-wisp n.
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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
1750 Lady Bradshaigh in S. Richardson Corr. (1804) IV. 367 Looking, as I knew, for a certain gill-o'-th'-wisp, who, I have a notion, escaped being known by you.
1897 T. Hardy Well-beloved ii. i. 93 When under the eyes of his Jill-o'-the-Wisp he was more inclined to palpitate like a sheep at a fair.
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