ignes fatui
- plural of ignis fatuus.
Example Sentences
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She found another—and another, but they fled from her like ignes fatui.
From The Secret Witness by Gibbs, George
Her dreams returned to her, fleeting and elusive, like the ignes fatui which had been a part of them.
From The Secret Witness by Gibbs, George
The psychic fluid is susceptible to the light, absorbs and emits it, and so the spirit forms are shining like great ignes fatui on our old earth.
From The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars by Gratacap, L. P.
He is going to begin a large Madona and child from Mrs. H. and baby, I fear he goes astray after ignes fatui.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
Upon the whole, no person could be less liable than myself to be led away from the severe precincts of truth by the ignes fatui of superstition.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Willis, Nathaniel Parker
