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Meaning of WILL-O'-THE-WISP

Pronunciation:  `wiludhu'wisp

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  an illusion that misleads
  2. [n]  a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
 

WILL-O'-THE-WISP is a 16 letter word that starts with W.

 

 Synonyms: friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, ignis fatuus, jack-o'-lantern
 
 See Also: fancy, fantasy, illusion, light, phantasy, visible light, visible radiation

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Will"-o'-the-wisp`\, n.
See {Ignis fatuus}.

 

 

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