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ignaqueous

ignaqueous adjective: able to live in both fire and water (as of salamanders).

Adjective

ignaqueous

  1. (rare) able to live in both fire and water (as of salamanders)
    • The Gaul congratulated himself on his perseverance and sagacity; and as he had never heard of ignaqueous animals, was confident that though the water fiend was so expert in his own element, he could not stand the fiery ordeal.1819, Uriah Derick D’Arcy (Pseudonym), The Black Vampyre: A Legend of St. Domingo, page 17

Origin of ignaqueous

From Latin ignis (“fire”) + aqueous (“of or relating to water”).

Questions about ignaqueous

What does ignaqueous mean?
Ignaqueous means able to live in both fire and water (as of salamanders).
What part of speech is ignaqueous?
Ignaqueous is an adjective.

Words near ignaqueous in the dictionary

  1. ign'rant
  2. Ignacio
  3. Ignacios
  4. Ignalina
  5. ignant
  6. ignaqueous
  7. IgNAR
  8. ignaro
  9. ignaroes
  10. ignaros
  11. IgNARs

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