ignicolist

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UK/ɪɡˈnɪkəlɪst/

noun

A worshiper of fire.

OriginLatin colere →
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Meanings

nounignicolist (plural ignicolists)

plural ignicolists

  1. rareA worshiper of fire.

    Van was delighted and shocked to distinguish, right there in the inky shrubbery, Ada in her long nightgown passing by with a lighted candle in one hand and a shoe in the other as if stealing after the belated ignicolists.

    1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 88

Origin

  1. Latincolere“to worship”
  2. Englishignicolist

From igni- + Latin colere (“to worship”) + -ist.

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APA

ignicolist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ignicolist

MLA

“ignicolist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ignicolist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ignicolist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ignicolist.

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