infusible

¹ American  

[in-fyoo-zuh-buhl] / ɪnˈfyu zə bəl /

adjective

1. not fusible; incapable of being fused or melted.

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infusible ² American  

[in-fyoo-zuh-buhl] / ɪnˈfyu zə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being infused.

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infusible ¹ British  

/ ɪnˈfjuːzəbəl /

adjective

1. not fusible; not easily melted; having a high melting point

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infusible ² British  

/ ɪnˈfjuːzəbəl /

adjective

1. capable of being infused

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Other Word Forms

• infusibility noun
• infusibleness noun
• noninfusibility noun

Etymology

Origin of infusible¹

First recorded in 1545–55; in- ³ + fusible

Origin of infusible²

First recorded in 1650–60; infuse + -ible

Example Sentences

President Clinton is expected to soon sign a bill repealing the decades-old restrictions that have divided brokerage and banking into infusible industries.

From Time Magazine Archive

This clamming or stopping is a mixture of sand, sieved dust, ground pitchers, or other infusible siftings held99 together with a very little waste glaze and water.

From Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers by Cox, George J.

Gold and Rhodium.—Gold alloyed with �th or 1⁄5th of rhodium is, according to Wollaston, very ductile, infusible and of the colour of gold.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

It contains about 82 per cent of alumina, and a small portion of iron; is very hard; is practically infusible, and is not attacked by acids.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

Diaspore, dī′a-spōr, n. a grayish, infusible hydrate of aluminium.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various