FIERY
ADJECTIVES
► ADUSTIVE burning, scorching, fiery → 1633 obs.
► BRIMSTONY subject to passion or strong emotion; fiery → 1885
► ETERIE ► ETRIE ill-humoured, ill-tempered; hot-headed, fiery, angry-looking → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► HOT-BRAINED impetuous, rash, reckless; of a fiery temperament → 1556
► HOT-HEADED having an impetuous or fiery temperament; impulsive, headstrong; bad-tempered → 1603
► HOT-METTLED having a passionate, impetuous, or fiery temperament → 1648
► HOT-REINED eager, keen; fiery, impetuous → 1635 obs.
► HOTSPUR of a fiery temperament; hasty, rash → 1586
► HOT-SPURRED of a fiery temperament; hasty, rash → 1573
► IGNEAL fiery → 1669 obs.
► IGNEAN fiery → 1635 obs.
► IGNEOUS of the nature of fire; fiery → 1664
► SALAMANDROUS living as it were in fire; fiery, hot, passionate → 1711
► SPUNKIE irritable, fiery, passionate → 1822 Sc.
► SULPHUROUS impetuous, fiery, heated → 1611
► VEEPERATE venomous, malicious, fiery-tempered → 1903 Sc.
NOUNS
► FEATHEREDGE fiery spirit → 1891 Amer. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BLOODSTICK a fiery, obstinate person → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CACAFOGO ► CACAGUEGO ► CACAFUGO ► CACOFUEGO a spitfire; a furious, fierce fellow; a braggart, a blusterer, a noisy bully; a very difficult or devilish person; one with a fiery temper → 1625 sl.
► SPUNKIE ► SPUNKY a fiery, hot-tempered, or irritable person → 1821 Sc.
► WOOD-SPUR ► WOOD-SPURS a fiery, unsettled person → 1825 Sc. obs.
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