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in·flam·ma·ble    Audio Help   [in-flam-uh-buhl] Pronunciation Key
–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.
[Origin: 1595–1605; < ML inflammābilis, equiv. to L inflammā(re) to inflame + -bilis -ble]

—Related forms
in·flam·ma·bil·i·ty, in·flam·ma·ble·ness, noun
in·flam·ma·bly, adverb

—Synonyms 2. fiery, volatile, choleric.
—Usage note Inflammable and flammable both mean “combustible.” Inflammable is the older by about 200 years. Flammable now has certain technical uses, particularly as a warning on vehicles carrying combustible materials, because of a belief that some might interpret the intensive prefix in- of inflammable as a negative prefix and thus think the word means “noncombustible.” Inflammable is the word more usually used in nontechnical and figurative contexts: The speaker ignited the inflammable emotions of the crowd.
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Thesaurus Entries
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Main Entry:  inflammable
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  ardent, combustible, excitable, fiery, hazardous, incendiary, irascible, irritable, volatile, accendible, burnable, ignitable
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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