The ignis fatuus was sometimes supposed to be the soul of an unbaptised child.
The Ignis Fatuus which, you say, governed your father, seems to have ruled the fortunes of your whole house, there is so much eccentricity in all that you have told me.
To the fancy of an affrighted mortal, the simple flame of the Ignis Fatuus has assumed the form of a departed friend, and even found a supernatural voice.
It is interesting to note that these conceptions were in Edison's mind at an early period of his investigations, when the best expert opinion was that the subdivision of the electric current was an ignis fatuus.
Spurred on by an ever-receding ignis fatuus, he continued his march until he reached the Japura, an affluent of the Amazon, and but a short distance from the equator.
Ignis ardens, might be most exactly realized by the election of the Cardinal Hohenlohe.
Of this Saynt Ierom, the haly man, Says thus, als I here shewe yhow can: Ibi est ignis inextinguibilis, et fetor intollerabilis.
We must now increase Our fire to ignis ardens,' &c.
Salomon the sage A sermon he made, For to amenden maires And men that kepen lawes; And tolde hem this teme, That I telle thynke, Ignis devorabit tabernacula eorum qui libenter accipiunt munera, etc.
At least two more plausible explanations of ignis fatuus have been offered in the last few years.
It is astonishing that the phenomenon of ignis fatuus, though reported from so many parts of the world, has not yet been made the subject of direct scientific examination.
He could not formulate distinct mechanical conceptions; he could not see the force of mechanical reasoning; and, in regions where such reasoning reigns supreme, he became a mere ignis fatuus to those who followed him.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ignis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
