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incendiary
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French incendiaire, from Latin incendi?rius (“setting alight”), from incendium (“destructive fire”), from incend? (“I set on fire, kindle”), from in- (“into, in, on, upon”) + cande? (“I am hot”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: ?ns?n'd??r?, IPA(key): /?n?s?n.d?.??.i/, /?n?s?n.dj??.i/
- (US) enPR: ?ns?n´d??'r?, IPA(key): /?n?s?n.di.??.i/, /?n?s?n.di.??.i/
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Adjective
incendiary (comparative more incendiary, superlative most incendiary)
- Capable of, or used for, or actually causing fire.
- (figuratively) Intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion.
- 2014, Ian Thomson, Primo Levi: A Life, Metropolitan Books (?ISBN), page 123:
- Earlier that year Italian Jews had come under serious attack when an incendiary publication, Gli ebrei in Italia (The Jews in Italy), had flooded the bookshops. The author, Paolo Orano, was a Fascist publicist whose book helped to harden Italian public sensibility against the Jews and pave the way for their eventual persecution.
- 2014, Ian Thomson, Primo Levi: A Life, Metropolitan Books (?ISBN), page 123:
- (figuratively) Inflammatory, emotionally charged.
Translations
Noun
incendiary (plural incendiaries)
- Something capable of causing fire, particularly a weapon.
- One who maliciously sets fires.
- Synonym: arsonist
- (figuratively) One who excites or inflames factions into quarrels.
- Synonym: agitator
- March 7, 1692, Richard Bentley, The Folly of Atheism
- Several cities […] drove them out as incendiaries.
Translations
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burnable
English
Etymology
burn +? -able
Adjective
burnable (comparative more burnable, superlative most burnable)
- Able to be burned; combustible
Noun
burnable (plural burnables)
- Anything that can be burned.
- 1968, Clean Air News (volume 2, page 14)
- The lower chamber consumes the burnables. The upper chamber consumes gases, smoke, and odor.
- 1968, Clean Air News (volume 2, page 14)
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