inflammable

adj

/ɪnˈflæməbəl/

Etymology

From Middle French inflammable, from Medieval Latin īnflammābilis, from Latin īnflammāre (“to set on fire”), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”). Equivalent to inflame + -able.

derived from inflammo — “to set on fire”
derived from īnflammābilis
derived from inflammable

Definitions

Capable of burning.
Easily set on fire.
Easily excited
Easily excited; set off by the slightest excuse; easily enraged or inflamed.
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1. Incapable of burning
  Incapable of burning; not easily set on fire. From in- + flammable, via backformation.
2. Any inflammable substance.

The neighborhood

neighborflammule
neighborinflame
neighborinflammability
neighborinflammable air
neighborinflammable cinnabar
neighborinflammation

Derived

inflammableness, inflammably

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for inflammable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA