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ADJECTIVE (3)

1. produced under conditions involving intense heat;
- Example: "igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state especially from molten magma";
- Example: "igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone"
- Example: "pyrogenic strata"
[syn: igneous, pyrogenic, pyrogenous]

2. produced by the action of fire or intense heat;
- Example: "rocks formed by igneous agents"
[syn: igneous, eruptive]

3. like or suggestive of fire;
- Example: "a fiery desert wind"
- Example: "an igneous desert atmosphere"
[syn: fiery, igneous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Igneous \Ig"ne*ous\, a. [L. igneus, fr. ignis fire; allied to
   Skr. agni, Lith. ugnis, OSlav. ogne.]
   1. Pertaining to, having the nature of, fire; containing
      fire; resembling fire; as, an igneous appearance.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Geol.) Resulting from, or produced by, the action of
      fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous rocks.
      [1913 Webster]