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)

  1. 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.

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

cōnflagrant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of cōnflagrō
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