Ignipluviate (verb)
Pronunciation: /ˌɪɡ.nɪˈpluː.vi.eɪt/
Katakana Transliteration: イグニプルヴィエイト
Inflected forms: ignipluviates, ignipluviated, ignipluviating
Definitions:
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Literal / Surreal:
To set rain on fire; to ignite falling water through supernatural or physically impossible means.“The mage lifted her hand, and the storm ignipluviated above them, raining fire from the sky.”
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Poetic / Emotional:
To emotionally combust; to experience a violent inner collision of passion and sorrow, especially in the context of love, heartbreak, or betrayal.“In that moment, holding his lies and her longing, she ignipluviated—burning her tears before they hit the ground.”
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Etymology:
From Latin ignis (“fire”) + pluvia (“rain”) + the English verb-forming suffix -ate. Inspired by the imagery in Adele’s 2011 ballad Set Fire to the Rain, where fire and rain symbolize conflicting emotional states.
Cultural Note:
The phrase “set fire to the rain” has come to represent emotional contradiction—where desire and pain coexist. Ignipluviate captures this paradox: passion scorching through grief, and the impossibility of resolving love’s contradictions without destruction.
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