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inflammable

  • adjective
  • in·flam·ma·ble
  • /ɪnˈflæməbəl/

Capable of burning.

Other meanings

  1. Easily set on fire.

  2. Easily excited; set off by the slightest excuse; easily enraged or inflamed.

Related words

  • inflammableness
  • inflammably

Word history

From Latin "inflammo" (īnflammāre).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “inflammable” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.