ignicolist

English

Etymology

From Latin ignis (“fire”) + colere (“to worship”) +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈnɪkəlɪst/

Noun

ignicolist (plural ignicolists)

1. (rare) A worshiper of fire.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 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.

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