conflagrant
English
Etymology
From the Latin cōnflagrāns (oblique stem: cōnflagrant-), present active participle of cōnflagrō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɒnˈfleɪɡɹənt/
Adjective
conflagrant (comparative more conflagrant, superlative most conflagrant)
- brightly burning
- c. 1805-1814, Dante Alighieri, henry Francis Cary (translator), The Divine Comedy
- I would have cast me into molten glass
To cool me, when I enter'd; so intense
Rag'd the conflagrant mass.
- I would have cast me into molten glass
- c. 1805-1814, Dante Alighieri, henry Francis Cary (translator), The Divine Comedy
Related terms
- conflagration
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.fla.ɡrant/, [ˈkõːfɫ̪äɡrän̪t̪]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.fla.ɡrant/, [ˈkɔɱfläɡrän̪t̪]
Verb
cōnflagrant
- third-person plural present active indicative of cōnflagrō