ignifluous

English

Etymology

From Latin ignifluus, from ignis (“fire”) + fluere (“to flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈnɪf.lu.əs/

Adjective

ignifluous (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Flowing with fire.
   • 1840, William T. Brigham, Notes on the Volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands:

     This process of filling up continued till the latter part of May 1840, when, as many natives testify, the whole area of the crater became one entire sea of ignifluous matter

Translations

flowing with fire

• Latin: ignifluus
• Spanish: ignífluo

Anagrams

• fuliginous