A pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground.
Sinônimos
Examples for "ignis fatuus"
Examples for "ignis fatuus"
1It is only the meteoric light of the ignis fatuus, soon extinguished.
2The illusion was gone,-theignis fatuus of adventure, the dream of wealth.
3A light which illuminates centuries must be more than an ignis fatuus.
4To this had the ignis fatuus of a false love brought her!
5He leaps over extensive regions of country like an ignis fatuus.
1It drove away from me like a monstrous jack-o'-lantern driven by the wind.
2An' dey 'low dey mus' hab a jack-o'-lantern or de fun all sp'iled.
3His jack-o'-lantern face, Tom saw, was the result of surgery.
4Ralph glanced up at a floating jack-o'-lantern that seemed to be eyeing his plate.
5The man was a jack-o'-lantern, a will-o'-the-wisp, a weird, long-legged, long-armed, red-haired illusive phantom.
1I call you 'the will-o'-the-wisp girl' to my own private soul.
2The will-o'-the-wisp cast a terrified look at each one in turn.
3I could call will-o'-the-wisps, but the spiders weren't impressed by them.
4All three looked at the will-o'-the-wisp, who was wriggling with embarrassment.
5The thought of a conversation between Roger and this young will- o'-the-wisp tickled her.
Translations for friar's lantern