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friar's lantern

friar's lantern
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /ˈfraɪərz ˈlæntərn /
    • /ˈfraɪəz ˈlæntən /
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /ˈfraɪərz ˈlæntərn /

Definitions of friar's lantern words

  • noun friar's lantern ignis fatuus (def 1). 1
  • noun friar's lantern ignis fatuus 0
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Origin of friar's lantern

First appearance:

before 1625
One of the 42% oldest English words
First recorded in 1625-35

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Parts of speech for Friar's lantern

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Friar's lantern

friar's lantern popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 6% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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