单词 | will-o'-the-wispish |
释义 | > as lemmasˌwill-o'-the-ˈwispish ˌwill-o'-the-ˈwispish adj. of the nature of a will-o'-the-wisp. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > optical illusion > [adjective] > ignis fatuus will-o'-the-wispish1842 will-o'-the-wispy1857 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [adjective] lyinga1225 deceptoryc1430 mockinga1529 sleight1533 prestigious?1534 illudinga1547 fallible1552 delusory1588 prestigiatory1588 illusory1599 delusive1607 deceptiousa1616 deludinga1616 flatteringa1616 delusorious1625 fallacious1626 ludificatorya1677 illusive1679 will-o'-the-wisp1682 prestigiating1716 shama1721 false1768 deceptitious1827 deceptional1830 phantasm1834 will-o'-the-wispish1842 will-o'-the-wispy1857 illusionistic1911 illusional1942 1842 Satirist 26 June 206/3 A rambling, multifarious, will-o'-the-wispish sort of piece, and, with all its lightness, having a proportion of the heavy about it. 1873 E. Bulwer-Lytton Kenelm Chillingly I. ii. ii. 146 The boy..became impish and Will-of-the-Wisp-ish. 2018 Independent (Nexis) 19 Oct. 42 The north is a mercurial territory, and northernness itself a will-o'-the-wispish thing that's hard to pin down. < as lemmas |
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