2. Excitable; irritable; irascible; easily provoked; as, an
inflammable temper.
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{Inflammable air}, the old chemical name for hydrogen. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
inflammable — [ ɛ̃flamabl ] adj. • 1390; du lat. inflammare ♦ Qui a la propriété de s enflammer facilement et de brûler vivement. L essence, le phosphore sont des matières inflammables. Gaz inflammable. ⊗ CONTR. Apyre, ignifugé, ininflammable. ● inflammable… … Encyclopédie Universelle
inflammable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ easily set on fire. ► NOUN ▪ a substance which is easily set on fire. DERIVATIVES inflammability noun inflammableness noun inflammably adverb. USAGE The words inflammable and … English terms dictionary
inflammable — early 15c., in medicine, liable to inflammation, from M.Fr. inflammable and directly from M.L. inflammabilis, from L. inflammare (see INFLAME (Cf. inflame)). As able to be set alight, c.1600. Related: Inflammability … Etymology dictionary
inflammable — inflammable, inflammatory Inflammable has the same meaning, i.e. ‘easily set on fire’, as flammable, which is now preferred in official advisory contexts: see flammable. Inflammatory means ‘tending to cause inflammation (of the body)’ and… … Modern English usage
inflammable — [adj] ready to burn burnable, combustible, dangerous, flammable, hazardous, ignitable, incendiary, risky, unsafe; concept 485 Ant. fire proof, incombustible, nonflammable, non inflammable … New thesaurus
inflammable — index fractious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
inflammable — *combustible, flammable, incendiary, inflammatory Analogous words: igniting, kindling, firing, lighting (see LIGHT vb): flaring, blazing (see BLAZE vb): infuriating, enraging, incensing (see ANGER vb) Antonyms: extinguishable … New Dictionary of Synonyms
inflammable — Inflammable. adj. v. de tout genre. Qui s enflamme facilement. Le soufre, le canfre, sont des matieres fort inflammables … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
inflammable — [in flam′ə bəl] adj. [Fr < ML inflammabilis < L inflammare: see INFLAME] 1. FLAMMABLE 2. easily roused, provoked, or excited n. anything flammable inflammability n. inflammableness inflammably adv … English World dictionary
Inflammable — Inflammabilité Pictogramme associé aux produits chimiques inflammables L inflammabilité est la capacité d un matériau à s enflammer plus ou moins facilement au contact d une flamme, d une étincelle ou bien d une température élevée. Par exemple, l … Wikipédia en Français
