ignigenous

English

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Etymology

From Latin ignigenus, from ignis (“fire”) + genere, ginere (“to beget, produce”).

Adjective

ignigenous (not comparable)

1. (archaic, geology) igneous

References

• “ignigenous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.