Resembling or consisting of flames; fiery, flaming, or having the character of fire.
From Latin 'flamma' (flame) plus the English suffix '-eous' (meaning 'of the nature of' or 'resembling'). This is a rare, somewhat archaic or literary term creating an adjective form of the Latin word for flame, similar to words like 'erroneous' or 'gaseous.'
The suffix '-eous' creates adjectives from nouns to describe things that share a quality—'flamineous' means something shares the essential character of flames, which writers use poetically to describe passion, danger, or brilliant light without saying 'fiery' repeatedly.
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