ignipotent

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adjective

fiery, or having control over fire.

OriginLatin ignipotens →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectiveignipotent (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparablefiery, or having control over fire.

    The Pow'r ignipotent her word obeys

    1715–1720, Homer, “Book XXI”, in Alexander Pope, transl., The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinignipotens
  2. Englishignipotent

From Latin ignipotens, from ignis (“fire”) + potens (“powerful”). By surface analysis, igni- + potent.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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