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flammation

flammation noun: the act of setting on fire; inflammation.

Noun

flammation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The act of setting on fire; inflammation.
    • Arsenic […]being artificial and sublimed with salt, will not endure flammation1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin of flammation

From flame + -ation.

Questions about flammation

What does flammation mean?
Flammation means the act of setting on fire; inflammation.
What part of speech is flammation?
Flammation is a noun.

Words near flammation in the dictionary

  1. flammables
  2. flammably
  3. flammageniti
  4. flammagenitus
  5. flammant
  6. flammation
  7. Flamme
  8. flammed
  9. flammekueche
  10. flammeous
  11. Flammer syndrome

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