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   Will-o'-the-wisp

   /ˌwiləT͟Həˈwisp/

   

   noun

   • 1. a phosphorescent light seen hovering or floating at night over marshy ground, thought to result from the combustion of natural gases; ignis fatuus.
   • ▪ a person or thing that is difficult or impossible to find, reach, or catch.

   Word Origin early 17th century: originally as Will with the wisp, the sense of wisp being ‘handful of (lighted) hay’.

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