Word of the Day - 01/03/26
conflagration
/,kɑnflə'greɪʃən/(n.): a very intense and uncontrolled fire
The old factory was completely destroyed in the conflagration, which burned for days.
Word Origin
The word 'conflagration' originates from the Latin word 'conflagrare', which means 'to burn up'. It is composed of the prefix 'con-' meaning 'with' or 'together', and 'flagrare' meaning 'to blaze' or 'to burn'. The noun form in Latin was 'conflagratio'.
The word 'flagrant' shares a similar origin, also deriving from the Latin 'flagrare', meaning 'blazing' or 'burning', which evolved to describe something glaringly obvious or scandalous.