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Definitions for: Fiery
[adj] like or suggestive of fire; "the burning sand"; "a fiery desert wind"; "an igneous desert atmosphere"
[adj] very intense; "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions"
[adj] characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"
Webster (1913) Definition: Fi"er*y (? or ?), a. [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?
--Shak.
The fiery spirit of his forefathers. --W. Irwing.
3. Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.
You know the fiery quality of the duke. --Shak.
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.
Synonyms: ardent, burning(a), fervent, fervid, flaming, hot, igneous, impassioned, passionate, perfervid, torrid
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