Flameworthy

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Deserving of being subjected to or engulfed by flames

    "When Lord Worcester — shrewd fellow, — hinted at steam and gas, he was scouted by the gossips as presumptuous; yea, and so were Lord Liverpool and Mr. Winsor; Socrates and Galileo were most flameworthy heretics, for having seen certain truths too soon; […]"

Example

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"When Lord Worcester — shrewd fellow, — hinted at steam and gas, he was scouted by the gossips as presumptuous; yea, and so were Lord Liverpool and Mr. Winsor; Socrates and Galileo were most flameworthy heretics, for having seen certain truths too soon; […]"

Etymology

From flame + -worthy.

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