ignicolist

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by WingerBot (talk | contribs) as of 09:14, 14 October 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ignis (“fire”) + colere (“to worship”) +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɪɡˈnɪkəlɪst/

Noun

ignicolist (plural ignicolists)

  1. (rare) A worshiper of fire.
    • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 88:
      Van was delighted and shocked to distinguish, right there in the inky shrubbery, Ada in her long nightgown passing by with a lighted candle in one hand and a shoe in the other as if stealing after the belated ignicolists.

Anagrams

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=ignicolist&oldid=55311222"