Hypertext Webster Gateway: "igneous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Igneous \Ig"ne*ous\, a. [L. igneus, fr. ignis fire; allied to
Skr. agni, Lith. ugnis, OSlav. ogne.]
1. Pertaining to, having the nature of, fire; containing
fire; resembling fire; as, an igneous appearance.
2. (Geol.) Resulting from, or produced by, the action of
fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous rocks.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
igneous
adj 1: produced under conditions involving intense heat; "igneous
rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten
state; especially from molten magma"; "igneous fusion
is fusion by heat alone"; "pyrogenic strata" [syn: {pyrogenic}]
2: like or suggestive of fire; "the burning sand"; "a fiery
desert wind"; "an igneous desert atmosphere" [syn: {fiery}]
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