conflagrant

Etymology

From the Latin cōnflagrāns (oblique stem: cōnflagrant-), present active participle of cōnflagrō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɒnˈfleɪɡɹənt/

Adjective

conflagrant (comparative more conflagrant, superlative most conflagrant)

1. brightly burning
   • Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy

     I would have cast me into molten glass
     To cool me, when I enter'd; so intense
     Rag'd the conflagrant mass.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.fla.ɡrant/, [ˈkõː.fɫa.ɡrant]

Verb

cōnflagrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of cōnflagrō