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Ignis Fatuus

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Noun

1. friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp

a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground

2. ignis fatuus, will-o'-the-wisp

an illusion that misleads

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ignis Fatuus

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nounWord forms: plural ignes fatui (ˈɪɡniːz ˈfætjʊˌaɪ )
another name for will-o'-the-wisp

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Ignis Fatuus

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Word forms: plural Latin ˈigˈnes fatuˌi (ˈɪgnizˈfætʃuˌaɪ ; igˈnēzfachˈo̅oīˌ)
1. 
jack-o'-lantern (sense 1)
2. 
a deceptive hope, goal, or influence; delusion

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ignis Fatuus

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n. pl. ig·nes fat·u·i (ĭgnēz făch-ī′)
1. A phosphorescent light that hovers or flits over swampy ground at night, possibly caused by spontaneous combustion of gases emitted by rotting organic matter. Also called friar's lantern, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp, wisp.
2. Something that misleads or deludes; an illusion.

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