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Meanings of will-o'-the-wisp in English

Portuguese
fogo fatuo
Catalan
foc follet
Spanish
fuego fatuo

A pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground.

        fogo fatuo
        Usage of will-o'-the-wisp in English
        1
        I call you 'the will-o'-the-wisp girl' to my own private soul.
        The Keeper of the Door
        2
        If will-o'-the-wisp really did represent a natural process, there are some possible explanations that Garlaschelli could test.
        BBC
        3
        The correct rate is no more than a will-o'-the-wisp, changing from day to day in response to changing economic conditions.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Once her eyes had adjusted, she could see little will-o'-the-wisp lights, so faint and pale that they hardly had color at all.
        Jem
        5
        The former Kilkenny will-o'-the-wisp is playing senior hurling for 10 years, but had to wait until this game to win his first senior county medal.
        The Irish Times
        6
        The will-o'-the-wisp cast a terrified look at each one in turn.
        The Neverending Story
        7
        I could call will-o'-the-wisps, but the spiders weren't impressed by them.
        A kiss of shadows
        8
        All three looked at the will-o'-the-wisp, who was wriggling with embarrassment.
        The Neverending Story
        9
        The thought of a conversation between Roger and this young will- o'-the-wisp tickled her.
        Aimez-vous Brahms
        10
        I can conjure my own will-o'-the-wisp, thank you very much.
        A kiss of shadows
        11
        There is no getting hold of the Will-o'-the-Wisp that is the Irish festival trail.
        The Irish Times
        12
        The will-o'-the-wisp coalesced into a glowing ball, shining in the air before John's knees.
        Dragonshadow
        13
        Goblins have little magic, only petty charms, slumbersongs, will-o'-the-wisp lanterns.
        The witch queen
        14
        The will-o'-the-wisp itself belonged to a family that was hardly reputed for truthfulness or reliability.
        The Neverending Story
        15
        He is a veritable will-o'-the-wisp, scurrying here and there in his never-ending search for marauders.
        A Confederacy of Dunces
        16
        The will-o'-the-wisps generated by our rotting lives are at least a light in our darkness.
        The book of disquiet
        Translations for will-o'-the-wisp
        Catalan
        foc follet