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ignigenous

ignigenous adjective: igneous.

Adjective

ignigenous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) igneous

Origin of ignigenous

From Latin ignigenus, from ignis (“fire”) + genere, ginere (“to beget, produce”). By surface analysis, igni- + -genous.

Questions about ignigenous

What does ignigenous mean?
Ignigenous means igneous.
What part of speech is ignigenous?
Ignigenous is an adjective.

Words near ignigenous in the dictionary

  1. igniform
  2. ignifuge
  3. ignifuges
  4. ignify
  5. ignifying
  6. ignigenous
  7. ignimbrite
  8. ignimbrites
  9. ignimbritic
  10. ignipotence
  11. ignipotent

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