ignipotent

[Lat. ignipotens: ignis =fire, and potens =powerful.] Presiding or having rule over fire; fiery. "It drives, ignipotent, through every vein." Savage: On the Recovery of a Lady. Ig'-nis fat-u-ŭs, s. & a. [Lat. foolish fire; Fr. feu follet .] A. As substantive : Meteor.: A flame-like meteor floating in the atmosphere a few feet above the ground in marshes, above burial-grounds, or other places where there is decaying animal matter. When approached, it, as a rule, appears to recede. It has been attributed to phosphureted or carbureted hydrogen escaping from decaying bodies, . "Not even an ignis fatuus rose To make him merry with my woes." Byron: Mazeppa, xv. B. As adj .: Foolish, vain, illusory. "An ignis - fatuus gleam of love?" Byron: To a Youthful Friend. Ig-nite', v . t . & i. [Lat. ignitus , pa. par. of ignio =to set on fire.] A. Trans.: Τo set on fire; to kindle; to render luminous or red by heat. "Ye heate with a long set of faire and war me weather nia, where it is found.] Min.: The same as ARAGONITE (q. v.). Ig'-loô, s. [Esquimaux.) 1. A hut, usually of a circular form, made of snow. [SNOW-HOUSE.] 2. An excavation made by a seal in the snow over its breathing-hole, for the protection of its young. B. In trans.: To take fire; to become luminous oΙ red with heat. Ig-nit-1-ble, a. [Eng. ignit(e); -able.] Capable of being ignited or set on fire; inflammable. "Now such bodies as strike fire have sulphureous or ignitible parts within them."-Browne: Vulgar Errors, bk. ii., ch. i. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-1452.png:[blocks in formation] bile; Sp. ignobil. IMG:content-1453.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1454.png:[blocks in formation] 2. An ignorant fellow; a stupid blockhead. Ig-nöre', v. t . [Fr. ignorer , from Lat. ignoro = to ramus." Jortin: Eccles. History , an. 527. "Wronged by those who would make him such an igno- be ignorant: i - in -not, and the root gno , seen ic *B. As adj.: Ignorant, stupid, blockhead. "Let ignoramus poets scribble satires." Dryden: Prol. to Duke of Guise. Ig-no-rançe, s . [Fr., from Lat. ignorant i a , from ignorans , pr. par. of ignoro to be ignorant; Sp. & Port. ignorancia ; Ital. ignoranza .] I. Ordinary Language : IMG:content-1455.png:[blocks in formation] "The common curse of mankind, folly, and ignorance." -Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida, ii. 3. II. Roman Theol .: The absence of knowledge in one capable of acquiring it. It is of two kinds: 1. Vincible (1) Simple, when some, but not sufficient, pains are taken to remove it; (2) Cra , when scarcely any means are used; and (3) Affected, when a person wishes to be ignorant, in order to sin more freely. 2. Invincible, which is held to 3. Worthle , usele . 4. Humble. "The man we celebrate must find a tomb, And we that worship him ignoble graves." Cowper: Task, iii. 265. Ig-nō-ble, v. t . [IGNOBLE, a.] To make ignoble or mean; to disgrace; to dishonor. " Ignobling many shores and points of lands by ship wreck."- Bacon: Dise. in Praise of Queen Elizabeth. Ig-nō-ble-ne , *ig-no-ble-ne e, s . [English ignoble; -ne .] The quality or condition of being ignoble; meanne , humblene ; want of dignity. "The ignoblene e of a servant." -Bishop Taylor: Great Exemplar , pt. i., disc. 3. Ig-nō-bly, adv . [Eng. ignobl(e); -ly.] In an ignoble, mean, base, or dishonorable manner; meanly, humbly, basely. "To die a prince-or live a slave- Thy choice is most ignobly brave!" Byron: Ode to Napoleon . Ig-no-min-1-oŭs, a . [Fr. ignominieux , from Lat. ignominiosus , from ignominia =ignominy, disgrace.] 1. Marked with disgrace or ignominy; shameful, disgraceful, infamous. "The Romans in this ignominious state return to Rome."-Lewis: Cred. Early Roman Hist . (1855), ii. 447. 2. Despicable, disgraceful; deserving of ignominy. 3. Expre ive of contempt; contemptuous, humiliating. "The ignominious judgment pa ed by the House of Commons on his Pastoral Letter." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xix. Ig-no-min-1-oŭs-ly, adv . [Eng. gnominous loudman ng ignominious; shamefully, contemptibly. "In his attempt at comedy he failed ignominiously." Johnson: Life of Rowe. Ig-no-min-, *ig-no-min-ie, s. [Fr. ignominie, from Lat. ignominia , from i - in- =not, and * gno men, nomen name, renown; Ital. & Sp. ignominia .] 1. Public disgrace or shame; reproach, dishonor, infamy. "The ignominy and shame that was cast upon them." Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progre , pt. i. 2. An act deserving disgrace; an ignominious act. 3. Ignominious treatment. *ig-nō-mi-ous, a . [Formed from ignomy , with suff. -ous , or shortened from ignominious for the sake of the meter.] Ignominious, disgraceful. (Peele: Prol. to Sir Clyomon.) *Ig-no-mỹ, s . [Prob. only a misreading for igno miny.] Ignominy, disgrace, dishonor. "Hence, broker-lackey, ignomy and shame Pursue thy life." Shakesp.: Troilus, v. 10. Ig-no-rā-mus, s. & a . [Lat., first person pl. pr. indic. of ignoro to be ignorant.] A. As substantive: *1. Law: (See extract.) "When the grand jury have heard the evidence, if they think it a groundle accusation, they used formerly to indorse on the back of the bill, ' ignoramus '; or, we know nothing of it; intimating, that though the facts might po ibly be true, that truth did not appear to them; but now they a ert in English, more absolutely, 'not a true bill'; or, which is the better way, 'not found.'"- Black stone: Comment., bk. iv., ch. 23. IMG:content-1456.png:[blocks in formation] Dryden. (Todd.) 3. Dull, silly, simple, stupid. "Either you are ignorant or seem so craftily." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure, ii. 4. *4. Not known; hidden, undiscovered. "Thereof to be informed, imprison 't not In ignorant concealment." Shakesp.: Winter's Tale, i. 2. *5. Done unconsciously or inadvertently. "What ignorant sin have I committed?" Shakesp.: Othello, iv. 2. *B. As subst .: An ignorant, untaught, or illiterate person; one unlettered or unskilled. "Till we know the first springs of natural motions we are still but ignorants." - Glanvill: Scepsis Scientific a, ch. xxi. any degrees from the highest emit includes consequently includes the other terms, illiterate , unlearned, and unlettered , which expre different degrees of ignorance . Ignorant is a comprehensive Ig-no-răn-tineş, s . pl . [Fr. ignorant ins , from ignorant ( Littré ). Either a corruption of Yontains (from St. Yon, near Rouen), or from the rule, which their founder strictly enforced, that none of them Brothers , p. 5, note).] should learn Latin ( Mrs. R. F. Wilson: Christian Religious Orders : A term adopted from the French, and applied to the members of a religious society of men living in community, founded in 1680, by the Ven. J. B. de la Salle, canon of Rheims, for the spread of education among the poor. Their title is Brothers of the Christian Schools, or, shortly, Christian Brothers. ( McClintock & Strong .) same as OBSCURANTISM (q. v.). Ig-no-rant-ism, s. [Eng.ignorant; -ism.] The Ig-no-rant-ist, s. [Eng. ignorant ; -ist .) same as OBSCURANTIST (q. v.). The Ig-no-rant-lỹ, *ig-no-raunt-ly, adv . [Eng. ignorant; -ly.] 1. In an ignorant manner; without knowledge, instruction, or information. "We sometimes mistake his blunders for beauties, and are so ignorantly fond as to copy them."- Watts . 2. Without intention; inadvertently; through ignorance or in acquaintance. Ig-no-rā-ti-ō (ti as shi) ě-len-chi, phr . [Lat.] Logic : An overlooking of an adversary's counter position to an argument. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; * gnosco, nosco =to know; Sp. & Port. ignorar; Ital. ignorare.] I. Ordinary Language : *1. Not to know; to be ignorant of. "Rather to ignore the being of God than deny it." Boyle: Works, ii. 56. 2. To pa over without notice; to disregard; to leave out of account; to act as if one were ignorant of; as, to ignore facts. II. Law: To throw out as unsupported by sufficient evidence. [BILL, s. B. I. 2 (8).] *Ig-nöre'-ment, s. [Eng. ignore; -ment.] The act of ignoring; the state of being ignored. *Ig-nos-çi-ble, a. [Latin ignoscibilis , from ignosco to pardon.] Capable of pardon; pardonable. *ig-note', a. & s. [Lat, ignotus: i-in- = not, and gnotus , not us known.] IMG:content-1457.png:[blocks in formation] B. As subst.: An unknown person; one of little or no importance. ( Hacket : Life of Williams , ii. 144.) Ig-uan-a (u as w), s. [Sp., from Carib yuan a , a word used by Oviedo, A. D. 1525.] Zool.: The typical genus of the family Iguanide. The teeth are three-lobed, placed in the inner edge of jaw; the body and the head compre ed; the palate mostly toothed, the throat with pendu lous dewlap, the edge of which is toothed. The Common American Iguana is yellowish-green above, marbled with pure green, the tailed ringed with brown. It has a crest of large dorsal spines. It is from four to five feet long. It is common in the warmer parts of America. Its flesh is delicious, but unwholesome. It lives chiefly on trees. There are many other species. Ig-uan-1-dæ (u as w), 8. [Mod. Latin, ., iguan(a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ .] Zool.: A family of reptiles, order Lacer til i a. The tongue is short and thick, the eyes with round pupils, the scales imbricated, those on the belly small and rhombic. Feet adapted for walking; toes unequal. Tail with more or le distinct whorls of scales, which are commonly spinous. Found in the warmer parts of America. Known genera about sixty; species fifty or more. Ig-uan-o-don (u as w), s. [Mod. Latin, . iguan ( a ). and Gr.odous (gen it. odontos ) =a tooth.] Palæont .: The typical genus of the family Iguan. odontidae (q. v.). The teeth resemble those of Iguana. The forefeet are comparatively small, the hinder ones large. The animal seems to have walked on the hind legs, thus making an approach to birds. The species Iguanodon man tell i , called after Dr. Mantell, the discoverer of the genus, was found near Maid stone, England, in the Kentish Rag or Lower Greensand and Marine Limestone. According to Mantell it was between thirty and forty feet long. iguanodon; Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ide.] and mandibular teeth have obtuse sub-triangular Ig-uan-o-don-ti-dæ (u as w), s . pl . [Mod. Lat. Palæont .: A family of Dinosaur i a. The crowns, the surface of the enamel being ridged on one or both sides. The crowns of the teeth are worn down by mastication. There is no dermal armor. ( Huxley , in Quar . Jour . Geol . Soc ., xxvi. 34, 35.) Genera Iguanodon, Hyps i lop hod on, .