ignaqueous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin ignis (“fire”) + aqueous (“of or relating to water”).
Adjective[edit]
ignaqueous
- (rare) able to live in both fire and water (as of salamanders)
- 1819, Uriah Derick D’Arcy (Pseudonym), The Black Vampyre: A Legend of St. Domingo, page 17:
- The Gaul congratulated himself on his perseverance and sagacity; and as he had never heard of ignaqueous animals, was confident that though the water fiend was so expert in his own element, he could not stand the fiery ordeal.