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inflammable

[ in-flam-uh-buhl ]
/ ɪnˈflæm ə bəl /
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adjective

capable of being set on fire; combustible; flammable.
easily aroused or excited, as to passion or anger; irascible: an inflammable disposition.

noun

something inflammable.

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Nearby words

infix, infixion, infl., inflame, inflamed, inflammable, inflammation, inflammatory, inflammatory bowel disease, inflammatory carcinoma, inflammatory lymph

Origin of inflammable

1595–1605; < Medieval Latin inflammābilis, equivalent to Latin inflammā(re) to inflame + -bilis -ble
SYNONYMS FOR inflammable
2 fiery, volatile, choleric.
Related forms
Can be confusedinflammable inflammatory

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.
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British Dictionary definitions for inflammability

inflammable

/ (ɪnˈflæməbəl) /

adjective

liable to catch fire; flammable
readily aroused to anger or passion

noun

something that is liable to catch fire
Derived Formsinflammability or inflammableness, nouninflammably, adverb

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See flammable
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Word Origin and History for inflammability

inflammable

adj.

early 15c., in medicine, "liable to inflammation," from Middle French inflammable and directly from Medieval Latin inflammabilis, from Latin inflammare (see inflame). As "able to be set alight," c.1600. Related: Inflammability.

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