单词 | ignis fatuus |
释义 | ignis fatuus /ig"nis fach"ooh euhs/, pl. ignes fatui /ig"neez fach"ooh uy'/. 1. Also called friar's lantern, will-o'-the-wisp. a flitting phosphorescent light seen at night, chiefly over marshy ground, and believed to be due to spontaneous combustion of gas from decomposed organic matter. 2. something deluding or misleading. [1555-65; < ML: lit., foolish fire] |
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