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ignis fatuus (n.)
"will o' the wisp, jack-o-lantern," 1560s, Medieval Latin, literally "foolish fire;" see
igneous
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fatuous
. "It seems to have been formerly a common phenomenon; but is now exceedingly rare" [OED].
