inflammable
[ in-flam-uh-buhl ]
/ ɪnˈflæm ə bəl /
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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Origin of inflammable
usage note for inflammable
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 inflammable
inflammable
/ (ɪnˈflæməbəl) /
adjective
liable to catch fire; flammable
readily aroused to anger or passion
noun
something that is liable to catch fire
Derived forms of inflammable
inflammability or inflammableness, nouninflammably, adverbundefined inflammable
See flammable
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