fiery
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English fyry, from fyr (“fire”). Equivalent to fire + -y.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editfiery (comparative more fiery or fierier, superlative most fiery or fieriest)
- Of or relating to fire.
- Burning or glowing.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
- Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within, […] most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
- Inflammable or easily ignited.
- Having the colour of fire.
- Hot or inflamed.
- 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid:
- The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. […] Drifts of yellow vapour, fiery, parching, stinging, filled the air.
- Tempestuous or emotionally volatile; sulfurous.
- a fiery temper
- Spirited or filled with emotion.
- 2019 October 15, ZA/UM, Robert Kurvitz, quoting Limbic System, Disco Elysium, →OCLC:
- A fiery streak penetrates your skull, trying to force your eyes open. It's a sound. A clarion call from hell.
- (butchery) Having the capillaries contracted due to stress at time of slaughter, causing blood to not drain properly.
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editTranslations
editof, or relating to fire
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burning or glowing
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inflammable or easily ignited
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having the colour of fire
hot or inflamed
tempestuous or emotionally volatile
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spirited or filled with emotion
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