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Webster 1913 Edition
Fiery
Fi′er-y
(? or ?)
, Adj.
[Formerly written
firy
, fr. fire
.] 1.
Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire;
as, the
fiery
gulf of Etna; a fiery
appearance.And
fiery
billows roll below. I. Watts.
2.
Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.
Hath thy
fiery
heart so parched thine entrails? Shakespeare
The
fiery
spirit of his forefathers. W. Irwing.
3.
Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.
You know the
fiery
quality of the duke. Shakespeare
4.
Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.
One curbed the
fiery
steed. Dryden.
5.
heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish.
Pope.
The sword which is made
fiery
. Hooker.
Fiery cross
, a cross constructed of two firebrands, and pitched upon the point of a spear; formerly in Scotland borne by a runner as a signal for the clan to take up arms.
Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fiery
FI'ERY
,Adj.
1.
Consisting of fire; as the fiery gulf of Etna.And fiery billows roll below.
2.
Hot like fire; as a fiery heart.3.
Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous; as a fiery spirit.4.
Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.You know the fiery quality of the duke.
5.
Unrestrained; fierce; as a fiery steed.6.
Heated by fire.The sword which is made fiery.
7.
Like fire; bright; glaring; as a fiery appearance.Definition 2024
fiery
fiery
English
Adjective
fiery (comparative more fiery or fierier, superlative most fiery or fieriest)
- Of or relating to fire.
- Burning or glowing.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
- Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within, […] most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
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- Inflammable or easily ignited.
- Having the colour of fire.
- Hot or inflamed.
- 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid:
- The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. […] Drifts of yellow vapour, fiery, parching, stinging, filled the air.
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- Tempestuous or emotionally volatile.
- a fiery temper
- Spirited or filled with emotion.
Derived terms
Translations
of, or relating to fire
burning or glowing
inflammable or easily ignited
having the colour of fire
hot or inflamed
tempestuous or emotionally volatile
spirited or filled with emotion