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will-o'-the-wisp

  [wil-uh-thuh-wisp]
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–noun
1. ignis fatuus (def. 1).
2. anything that deludes or misleads by luring on.
Origin:
1600–10; orig. Will (i.e., William) with the wisp; see wisp

Related forms:
willo'-the-wispish; especially British, willo'-the-wispy, adjective
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Word Origin & History

will-o''-the-wisp 
1661, earlier Will with the wisp (1608), from the masc. proper name Will + wisp "bundle of hay or straw used as a torch."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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