Synonyms for ignis fatuus
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ig-nis fach-oo-uh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪg nɪs ˈfætʃ u əs |
Top 10 synonyms for ignis fatuus Other synonyms for the word ignis fatuus
- false impression
- fancy
- fantasy
- figment of imagination
- fool's paradise
- ghost
- hallucination
- head trip
- hocus-pocus
- idolism
- ignus fatuus
- image
- invention
- make-believe
- mirage
- misapprehension
- misbelief
- misconception
- misimpression
- mockery
- myth
- optical illusion
- paramnesia
- phantasm
- phantasma
- pipe dream
- rainbow
- seeming
- semblance
- trip
- virtual reality
- will-o'-the-wisp
Définition of ignis fatuus
Origin :- "will o' the wisp, jack-a-lantern," 1560s, from Medieval Latin, literally "foolish fire;" see igneous + fatuous.
- noun illusion
- An ignis fatuus, perhaps; a Jack-o'-lanthorn begotten of putrescence.
- Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini
- To get something for nothing is the "ignis fatuus" ever in the lead.
- Extract from : « Shadow and Light » by Mifflin Wistar Gibbs
- He had not been imposed upon by his fancy; he had not been deceived by some ignis fatuus.
- Extract from : « Bible Emblems » by Edward E. Seelye
- It is, in truth, a shadow as intangible as our own; an ignis fatuus of our being.
- Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 3, September 1837 » by Various
- It is only the meteoric light of the ignis fatuus, soon extinguished.
- Extract from : « Old Fritz and the New Era » by Louise Muhlbach
- The illusion was gone,—the ignis fatuus of adventure, the dream of wealth.
- Extract from : « Pioneers Of France In The New World » by Francis Parkman, Jr.
- It is yet the lure, the ignis fatuus of almost every breathing heart.
- Extract from : « The "Genius" » by Theodore Dreiser
- See, the ignis fatuus has disappeared from my cell, the sun will soon shine.
- Extract from : « Frederick The Great and His Family » by L. Muhlbach
- Like the ignis fatuus, it recedes as we seem to approach it.
- Extract from : « In Search Of Gravestones Old And Curious » by W.T. (William Thomas) Vincent
- A light which illuminates centuries must be more than an ignis fatuus.
- Extract from : « Ten Great Religions » by James Freeman Clarke
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