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Phlogistian

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to phlogiston or phlogiston theory. not-comparable

    "In Davy's time it was still necessary in considering any novel fact to keep the phlogistian hypothesis in view, and to demonstrate its inability to explain the new discoveries."

Noun
  1. 1
    A believer in the existence of phlogiston.

    "It [air] was liable, according to the phlogistians, to vitiation, by the addition to it of phlogiston, […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From phlogist(on) + -ian.

Etymology 2

From phlogist(on) + -ian.

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