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fier⋅y

[fahyuhr-ee, fahy-uh-ree]
–adjective, fier⋅i⋅er, fier⋅i⋅est.
1. consisting of, attended with, characterized by, or containing fire: a volcano's fiery discharge.
2. intensely hot: fiery desert sands.
3. like or suggestive of fire: a fiery red; angry, fiery eyes.
4. intensely ardent, impetuous, or passionate: fiery courage; a fiery speech.
5. easily angered or provoked: a fiery temper.
6. causing a burning sensation, as certain liquors or condiments.
7. inflamed, as a tumor or sore.
8. Mining Older Use.
a. highly flammable.
b. containing highly flammable gas.

Origin:
1225–75; ME fi(e)ry. See fire, -y 1


fier⋅i⋅ly, adverb
fier⋅i⋅ness, noun


3. flaming, flashing, glowing, burning. 4. fervent, vehement, spirited, impassioned.


2, 3, 4. cool, cold. 4. dispassionate.
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fiery 
c.1275, from M.E. fier "fire," the offbeat spelling is a relic of one of the attempts to render O.E. "y" in fyr in a changing system of vowel sounds.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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