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inflammable (adj.)
early 15c., in medicine, "liable to inflammation," from Middle French
inflammable
and directly from Medieval Latin
inflammabilis
, from Latin
inflammare
(see
inflame
). As "able to be set alight," c. 1600. Related:
Inflammability
.