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quenchcoal

quenchcoal noun: a person or thing that undermines religious zeal; hence a heartless, uncaring person with respect to religion.

Noun

quenchcoal (countable and uncountable, plural quenchcoals)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) A person or thing that undermines religious zeal; hence a heartless, uncaring person with respect to religion.
    • Zeal has in this our earthly mold little fuel and much quench-coal; it is hardly fired and soon cooled.1615, Samuel Ward, A Coal from the Altar to Kindle the Holy Fire of Zeal
    • You are quenchcoal; no sparkle of grace can kindle upon your cold hearth.1642, Daniel Rogers, Naaman the Syrian: His Disease and Cure, page 868

Forms of quenchcoal

pluralquenchcoals
alternative formquench-coal

Origin of quenchcoal

From quench + coal.

Questions about quenchcoal

What does quenchcoal mean?
Quenchcoal means a person or thing that undermines religious zeal; hence a heartless, uncaring person with respect to religion.
What part of speech is quenchcoal?
Quenchcoal is a noun.
What is the plural of quenchcoal?
The plural of quenchcoal is quenchcoals.

Words near quenchcoal in the dictionary

  1. quenchability
  2. quenchable
  3. quenchableness
  4. quenchant
  5. quenchants
  6. quenchcoal
  7. quenchcoals
  8. quenched
  9. quencher
  10. quenchers
  11. quenches

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