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Added 9 October 2026

inflammable

/ɪnˈflæməbəl/ adjective

Latin root: īnflammābilis Wiktionary

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Capable of burning.
Easily set on fire.
Easily excited; set off by the slightest excuse; easily enraged or inflamed.

noun

Any inflammable substance.

Origin

From Middle French inflammable, from Medieval Latin īnflammābilis, from Latin īnflammāre (“to set on fire”), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”). By surface analysis, inflame + -able, literally “able to be inflamed”.

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