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fire-breathing

adj

Etymology

From fire + breathing.

  1. derived from breth — “breath”
  2. inherited from brethen — “to breathe, blow, exhale, odour”
  3. suffixed as breathing — “breathe + ing”
  4. compounded as fire-breathing — “fire + breathing”

Definitions

  1. That expels fire from the mouth and nostrils.

    • a fire-breathing dragon
    • Medea for the loue of Iaſon, taught him how to tame the fire breathing braſſ feeted Bulls, and kill the mighty dragon that kept the golden fleece[.]
    • No man could shake a finger at Beowulf. All the days of his life he had sought the path of right, escaped traps, killed foes, and ruled fairly. Now it was time for him to stand up to the fire-breathing worm.

  2. That emits or belches forth fire.

    • The deadly fire-breathing Cannon roar, Sending destructive Heralds thro' the Field.

  3. caustic, vitriolic or scathing.

    • a fire-breathing rant

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for fire-breathing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA