US /ˈfaɪəɹi/
adj Freq #10512

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    like or suggestive of fire

    A fiery desert wind.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · like or suggestive of fire igneous
Word family
Forms fierierfieriest
Derived forms fierilyfierinessfiery-tonguedunfiery

Etymology

From Middle English fyry, from fyr (“fire”), equivalent to fire + -y.

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