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inflammable

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈflæməbəl/ / [ɪnˈflæməbl̩] ~ [ɪɱˈflæməbl̩] / /ɪnˈfleə̯məbəl/

adj

Etymology: From Middle French inflammable, from Medieval Latin īnflammābilis, from Latin īnflammāre (“to set on fire”), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”). Equivalent to inflame + -able.

  1. Capable of burning.
  2. Easily set on fire.

    On he went a few paces and touched a second, then a third, and a fourth, till at last we were surrounded on all three sides by a great ring of bodies flaring furiously, the material with which they were preserved having rendered them so inflammable that the flames would literally spout out of the ears and mouth in tongues of fire a foot or more in length.

  3. Easily excited; set off by the slightest excuse; easily enraged or inflamed.
  4. Incapable of burning; not easily set on fire. From in- + flammable, via backformation.

noun

Etymology: From Middle French inflammable, from Medieval Latin īnflammābilis, from Latin īnflammāre (“to set on fire”), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”). Equivalent to inflame + -able.

  1. Any inflammable substance.