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larix (iou) and will-o'-the-wisp (iou)


larix (iou)



larix noun. M16.
[Latin: see LARCH noun1.]
A Middle Eastern plant, Camphorosma monspeliaca, of the goosefoot family, used medicinally. M16-M17.
A tree of the genus Larix; a larch. L16.

will-o'-the-wisp (iou)



will-o'-the-wisp noun & verb. Orig. will with the wisp. E17.
[from Will abbreviation of male forename William + O' preposition2 + THE adjective + WISP noun.]
A. noun. = IGNIS FATUUS (lit. & fig.). Also, an elusive person. E17.
Times Literary Supplement A separate peace with Austria-Hungary was the great will o' the wisp of the First World War. attrib.: J. Krantz To run off to London in pursuit of a hauntingly perverse will-o'-the-wisp girl.
b. verb trans. Lead astray like a will-o'-the-wisp. rare. M17.
will-o'-the-wispish adjective of the Nature of or resembling a will-o'-the-wisp M19.