santilmo : Binisaya - Cebuano to English Dictionary and Thesaurus.

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Word:

santilmo [san.til.mu.] :

corposant (n.); Saint Elmo's fire (n.); will-o'-the-wisp (n.)
[ Etymology: Spanish:santelmo: Saint Elmo's fire ]

Derivatives of santilmo

Glosses:

corposant
n. (phenomenon)	1. corona, corona discharge, corposant, electric glow, saint elmo's fire, saint elmo's light, saint ulmo's fire, saint ulmo's light, st. elmo's fire	an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere.
	~ arc, electric arc, electric discharge, spark, discharge	electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
Saint Elmo's fire
will-o'-the-wisp
n. (phenomenon)	1. friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp	a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground.
	~ light, visible light, visible radiation	(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation.; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"
n. (cognition)	2. ignis fatuus, will-o'-the-wisp	an illusion that misleads.
	~ fancy, phantasy, illusion, fantasy	something many people believe that is false.; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"