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fier⋅y

  [fahyuhr-ee, fahy-uh-ree]
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–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

Related forms:
fier⋅i⋅ly, adverb
fier⋅i⋅ness, noun

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

Antonyms:
2, 3, 4. cool, cold. 4. dispassionate.
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fier·y   (fīr'ē, fī'ə-rē)   
adj.   fier·i·er, fier·i·est

    1. Consisting of or containing fire.

    2. Burning or glowing.

    3. Using or effected with fire.

    4. Easily ignited; flammable.

    5. Torridly hot.

    6. Feverishly hot and flushed: fiery cheeks.

    7. Being in an inflamed, usually painful condition: a fiery boil.

    8. Easily excited or emotionally volatile; tempestuous: a fiery temper.

    9. Charged with emotion; spirited: a fiery denunciation.

  2. Having the color of fire; brightly red: fiery hair; a fiery sunset.

    1. Torridly hot.

    2. Feverishly hot and flushed: fiery cheeks.

    3. Being in an inflamed, usually painful condition: a fiery boil.

    4. Easily excited or emotionally volatile; tempestuous: a fiery temper.

    5. Charged with emotion; spirited: a fiery denunciation.

    1. Easily excited or emotionally volatile; tempestuous: a fiery temper.

    2. Charged with emotion; spirited: a fiery denunciation.


[Middle English firi, from fir, fire; see fire.]
fier'i·ly adv., fier'i·ness n., fier'y adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

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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