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Meaning of Incendiary
Pertaining to maliciously setting on fire. Tending to inflame passion . As a noun it means : (1) an incendiar; bomb or other such explosive; and (2) ar arsonist.
Incendiary Alternative Definition
(Lat. incendium, a kindling). One who maliciously and willfully sets another person’s building on fire; one guilty of the crime of arson.
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This term is a noun.
Etimology of Incendiary
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c. 1400, “person who sets malicious fires,” from Latin incendiarius “an incendiary,” literally “causing a fire” (see incendiary (adj.)). Meaning “person who enflames political passions” is from 1630s.
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