conflagrant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Latin cōnflagrāns (oblique stem: cōnflagrant-), present active participle of cōnflagrō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
conflagrant (comparative more conflagrant, superlative most conflagrant)
- brightly burning
- c. 1805-1814, Dante Alighieri, henry Francis Cary (translator), The Divine Comedy
- I would have cast me into molten glass
To cool me, when I enter'd; so intense
Rag'd the conflagrant mass.
- I would have cast me into molten glass
- c. 1805-1814, Dante Alighieri, henry Francis Cary (translator), The Divine Comedy
Related terms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.fla.ɡrant/, [ˈkõːfɫ̪äɡrän̪t̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.fla.ɡrant/, [ˈkɔɱfläɡrän̪t̪]
Verb[edit]
cōnflagrant