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noun, plural ig·nes fat·u·i 
[ig-neez fach-oo-ahy] .
[ig-neez fach-oo-ahy] . 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.
Origin:
1555–65; < Medieval Latin: literally, foolish fire
1555–65; < Medieval Latin: literally, foolish fire
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| ignis fatuus (ˈɪɡnɪs ˈfætjʊəs) | |
| —n , pl ignes fatui | |
| another name for will-o'-the-wisp | |
| [C16: from Medieval Latin, literally: foolish fire] | |
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ignis fatuus
"will o' the wisp, jack-a-lantern," 1563, from M.L., lit. "foolish fire." It seems once to have been more common than presently.
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ignis fatuus
in meteorology, a mysterious light seen at night flickering over marshes; when approached, it advances, always out of reach. The phenomenon is also known as will-o'-the-wisp and ignis fatuus (Latin: "foolish fire"). In popular legend it is considered ominous and is often purported to be the soul of one who has been rejected by hell carrying its own hell coal on its wanderings. The phenomenon is generally believed to be due to the spontaneous ignition of marsh gas, which consists mostly of methane and which is produced by the decomposition of dead plant matter
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