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ignipotent

ignipotent adjective: fiery, or having control over fire.

Adjective

ignipotent (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) fiery, or having control over fire.
    • The Pow'r ignipotent her word obeys1715–1720, Homer, “Book XXI”, in Alexander Pope, transl., The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC

Origin of ignipotent

From Latin ignipotens, from ignis (“fire”) + potens (“powerful”). By surface analysis, igni- + potent.

Questions about ignipotent

What does ignipotent mean?
Ignipotent means fiery, or having control over fire.
What part of speech is ignipotent?
Ignipotent is an adjective.

Words near ignipotent in the dictionary

  1. ignigenous
  2. ignimbrite
  3. ignimbrites
  4. ignimbritic
  5. ignipotence
  6. ignipotent
  7. ignipuncture
  8. ignipunctures
  9. ignis fatuus
  10. ignitabilities
  11. ignitability

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