Inflammability


[in-flam-uh-buh l] /ɪnˈflæm ə bəl/

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.
/ɪnˈflæməbəl/
adjective
1.
liable to catch fire; flammable
2.
readily aroused to anger or passion
noun
3.
something that is liable to catch fire
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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