From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fiery
adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an
ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a
fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned
appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: ardent,
fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid,
torrid]
2: like or suggestive of fire; "a fiery desert wind"; "an
igneous desert atmosphere" [syn: fiery, igneous]
3: very intense; "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions" [syn:
fiery, flaming]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fiery \Fi"er*y\ (? or ?), a. [Formerly written firy, fr. fire.]
1. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the
fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance.
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And fiery billows roll below. --I. Watts.
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2. Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.
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Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails?
--Shak.
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The fiery spirit of his forefathers. --W. Irwing.
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3. Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.
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You know the fiery quality of the duke. --Shak.
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4. Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.
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One curbed the fiery steed. --Dryden.
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5. heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched;
feverish. --Pope.
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The sword which is made fiery. --Hooker.
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Fiery cross, a cross constructed of two firebrands, and
pitched upon the point of a spear; formerly in Scotland
borne by a runner as a signal for the clan to take up
arms. --Sir W. Scott.
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