Conflagrant

//kɒnˈfleɪɡɹənt// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Brilliantly burning; of or resembling a conflagration; intensely blazing.

    "I would have cast me into molten glass To cool me, when I enter'd; so intense Rag'd the conflagrant mass."

Example

More examples

"I would have cast me into molten glass To cool me, when I enter'd; so intense Rag'd the conflagrant mass."

Etymology

From the Latin cōnflagrāns (oblique stem: cōnflagrant-), present active participle of cōnflagrō.

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