Inflammable Definition

ĭn-flămə-bəl
adjective

Flammable.

Webster's New World
Easily ignited and capable of burning rapidly; flammable.
American Heritage
Easily roused, provoked, or excited.
Webster's New World

(figuratively) Easily excited; set off by the slightest excuse; easily enraged or inflamed.

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noun
Anything flammable.
Webster's New World

Origin of Inflammable

  • From Middle French inflammable, from Medieval Latin inflammabilis, from Latin inflammare (“to set on fire”), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English liable to inflammation from Medieval Latin īnflammābilis from Latin īnflammāre to inflame inflame

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Inflammable Sentence Examples

  • In ancient times meteors were supposed to be generated in the air by inflammable gases.

  • Its vapour is spontaneously inflammable when exposed to air.

  • They are all readily inflammable and are practically insoluble in water.

  • It is not inflammable.

  • This is at first colourless carbon dioxide, but later on inflammable gases come out of the mass, which at this stage has turned into a thicker, pasty condition, showing that the end of the reaction is near.

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ELEBLE

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