Meanings
adjectiveigniferous (comparative more igniferous, superlative most igniferous)
comparative more igniferous · superlative most igniferous
- rareProducing fire
Near-synonyms: fire-breathing, flammivomous
Synonyms: flammiferous, fire-breathing, flammivomous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveProducing fire
Origin
- Latinignifer
- Latinignifer
- Englishigniferous
Borrowed from Latin ignifer.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan ignífer
- igníferproducing fire
French ignifère
- ignifèreproducing fire
Italian ignifero
- igniferoproducing fire
Spanish ignífero
- igníferoproducing fire
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with igniferous
carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferous
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
igniferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/igniferous
MLA
“igniferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/igniferous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “igniferous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/igniferous.
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