Word of the Day 11/20/15 Ignis Fatuus
Nov. 20th, 2015 02:38 am![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
simplyn2deep.livejournal.com posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
1_million_wordsIgnis Fatuus (noun)
ignis fatuus [ig-nis fach-oo-uh s]
noun, plural ignes fatui [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
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
ignis fatuus [ig-nis fach-oo-uh s]
noun, plural ignes fatui [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
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}