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adjective
1.
capable of being set on fire; combustible; flammable.
2.
easily aroused or excited, as to passion or anger; irascible: an inflammable disposition.
noun
3.
something inflammable.
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Inflammable
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Origin:
1595–1605; < Medieval Latin inflammābilis, equivalent to Latin inflammā(re) to inflame + -bilis -ble
1595–1605; < Medieval Latin inflammābilis, equivalent to Latin inflammā(re) to inflame + -bilis -ble
Related forms
in·flam·ma·bil·i·ty, in·flam·ma·ble·ness, noun
in·flam·ma·bly, adverb
non·in·flam·ma·bil·i·ty, noun
non·in·flam·ma·ble, adjective
non·in·flam·ma·ble·ness, noun
EXPANDSynonyms
2. fiery, volatile, choleric.
2. fiery, volatile, choleric.
Usage note
Inflammable and flammable both mean “combustible.” Inflammable is the older by about 200 years. Flammable now has certain technical uses, particularly as a warning on vehicles carrying combustible materials, because of a belief that some might interpret the intensive prefix in- of inflammable as a negative prefix and thus think the word means “noncombustible.” Inflammable is the word more usually used in nontechnical and figurative contexts: The speaker ignited the inflammable emotions of the crowd.
Inflammable and flammable both mean “combustible.” Inflammable is the older by about 200 years. Flammable now has certain technical uses, particularly as a warning on vehicles carrying combustible materials, because of a belief that some might interpret the intensive prefix in- of inflammable as a negative prefix and thus think the word means “noncombustible.” Inflammable is the word more usually used in nontechnical and figurative contexts: The speaker ignited the inflammable emotions of the crowd.
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Example Sentences
- The shock scattered its glowing contents through the car, and in an instant the highly inflammable woodwork was blazing.
- Then it came to be believed that small fires could sometimes be a useful tool, keeping inflammable underbrush in check.
- Patriotism of the inflammable type, which burns for a fight with no sufficient reason for one, there is absolutely none.
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