conflagrant

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɒnˈfleɪɡɹənt/

Adjective

conflagrant (comparative more conflagrant, superlative most conflagrant)

1. 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.

Related terms

• conflagration

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.fla.ɡrant/, [ˈkõːfɫ̪äɡrän̪t̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.fla.ɡrant/, [ˈkɔɱfläɡrän̪t̪]

Verb

cōnflagrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of cōnflagrō