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Examples
“After Gettysburg, he resigned his post to pursue another will-o-the-wisp, the management of a gold mine in California.”
“The Gliese 581 system has a persistent will-o-the-wisp quality.”
The Huffington Post: Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.: Once Again With Feeling: The Planets of Gliese 581
“This was a tough, tricky test for the fifth seed, but ultimately the Frenchman could not quite sustain the darting, will-o-the-wisp brilliance of the opening set and a half.”
“What a thrill it must be to see your work out there in the real, physical world instead of the ephemeral, will-o-the-wisp, online one.”
“When the inspiration comes, it is something of so subtle, tenuous, will-o-the-wisp nature that it almost defies definition.”
“On the other hand, the pure economic model he preached would have eluded him here like a will-o-the-wisp.”
“The scoring here's by Danny Elfman, perhaps typecast for those wonderful, will-o-the-wisp themes that he's written for a variety of costumed heroes, from "Batman" to "The Flash" to "Spiderman.”
“She couldnt see him but followed the darting witchlight he carried, like a traveler being led through a swamp by a treacherous will-o-the-wisp.”
Simon & Schuster: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series
“She may not be the conservative Reaganesque icon, only time will tell, but I will take her ahead of will-o-the-wisp Obama any time.”
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
“Even though Mummer's Plays and Mumming in general are associated with the Yuletide and this particular song by Canadian will-o-the-wisp Loreena McKennitt specifically mentions the spring, it gives me a feeling of Autumn.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘will-o-the-wisp’.
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wordsmithing part deux
because wordsmith is not a verb.
enmity, incarnate, chignon, nape, solitude, nocturne, decorum, warren, svelte, interstice, serene, charlotte and 488 more...
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Hyphenated Actual Words
These kind of stun me whenever I see them. Language is just so cool.
chuck-will's-widow, will-o-the-wisp, saw-whet, topsy-turvy, linsey-woolsey, ne'er-do-well, gung-ho, so-so, cul-de-sac, fleur-de-lys, service-berry, major-domo and 33 more...
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dangleberry's Words
lush, dabble, babble, bauble, aubergine, dangle, tingle, tangle, zing, tomato, splosh, tinkle and 72 more...
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airy voices
words that have, on occasion, given me the flash. (if you have read Emily of New Moon, you will understand.)
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chained_bear See also will-o'-the-wisp. Oct 10, 2008