WILL O' THE WISP: Meaning and related words

We found 22 dictionaries that define the word will o' the wisp:

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will o the wisp: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
will-o'-the-wisp: Merriam-Webster
will-o'-the-wisp: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
will-o'-the-wisp: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
will-o'-the-wisp, will-o'-the-wisp: Collins English Dictionary
will-o'-the-wisp: Vocabulary.com
Will-o'-the-Wisp, Will-o'-the-wisp, will-o'-the-wisp, will-o-the-wisp: Wordnik
will-o'-the-wisp: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
will-o'-the-wisp, will o' the wisp: Wiktionary
will-o'-the-wisp: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
will-o'-the-wisp, will-o-the-wisp, will o' the wisp, will o the wisp: Dictionary.com
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Will-o'-the-wisp: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
will-o'-the-wisp: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
will-o'-the-wisp: Rhymezone
Will-o'-the-wisp: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
will-o-the-wisp: FreeDictionary.org
will-o'-the-wisp: Mnemonic Dictionary
will-o'-the-wisp, will-o-the-wisp: TheFreeDictionary.com
Will-o'-the-wisp: World Wide Words

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Will o' the Wisp, Will-o-the-wisp, Will o the wisp, will-o'-the-wisp: Encyclopedia

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will-o'-the-wisp: A Word A Day

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Definitions from Wiktionary (will o' the wisp)

▸ noun:  Any of several kinds of pale, flickering light, appearing over marshland in many parts of the world with diverse folkloric explanations and multiple possible scientific explanations including bioluminescence and chemiluminescence.
▸ noun:  (British folklore) A flickering light or lantern, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes, held by a supernatural creature who uses it to lure travelers at night to their demise.
▸ noun:  (figurative) A delusionary or otherwise unachievable goal that one feels compelled to pursue.

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