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Definition of Jack-a-lantern
1. Noun. A large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent.
Generic synonyms: Agaric
Group relationships: Genus Omphalotus, Omphalotus
Definition of Jack-a-lantern
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of jack o'lantern) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jack-a-lantern
Literary usage of Jack-a-lantern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sketches in Portugal, During the Civil War of 1834 by James Edward Alexander (1835)
"Determine to visit the Seat of War — When an Officer may be shot—Leave Lisbon
with a Companion—He plays the Author a Trick — Jack-a-Lantern — A ..."
2. Theological Criticisms, Or, Hint of the Philosophy of Man and Nature: In Six ...by F. W. Adams by F. W. Adams (1843)
"... the fashion of the world, Which, blindly, runs a jack-a-lantern race, After
the shadow of fictitious worth! So it does; and so thou would'st, ..."
3. The Life and Adventures of Dr. Dodimus Duckworth by Asa Greene (1833)
"But he had no sooner got his eyes in the direction of the road, than he exclaimed,
in a voice of alarm—" There's a jack-a-lantern!" "Nonsense! ..."
4. London Encyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"The ignis fatuus or Jack a lantern, so frequently alluded to by poets, is supposed
to originate from the inflammable air, or hydrogène, ..."
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