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ignis fatuus : 英英辞書
Ig"nis fat"uus
(); pl. Ignes fatui (). [L. ignis fire + fatuus foolish. So called in allusion to its tendency to mislead travelers.]
1. A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly called also Will-with-the-wisp, or Will-o'-the-wisp, and Jack-with-a-lantern, or Jack-o'-lantern.
2. Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.
Scared and guided by the ignis fatuus of popular superstition.
Jer. Taylor.



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