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incendious

incendious adjective: promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory.

Adjective

incendious (comparative more incendious, superlative most incendious)

  1. (obsolete) Promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory.
    • the pillage of their property, and the incendious destruction of their dwellings1824, John Dunn Hunter, Memoirs of a Captivity among the Indians of North America
  2. (obsolete) Fiery; flaming.
    • […] free from the incendious heats, and burning of Hell.quoted in 1974, David McGregor Rogers, English Recusant Literature, 1558-1640 (page 197)

incendious meaning in Tamil

incendious in Tamil

கலகமூட்டும், கலகம் விளைவிக்கும், பிரிவினையைத் தூண்டும்

Forms of incendious

comparativemore incendious
superlativemost incendious

Origin of incendious

From Latin incendiosus (“burning, hot”). Compare incendiary.

Questions about incendious

What does incendious mean?
Incendious means promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory.
What is incendious in Tamil?
Incendious in Tamil is கலகமூட்டும், கலகம் விளைவிக்கும், பிரிவினையைத் தூண்டும். See Incendious meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is incendious?
Incendious is an adjective.

Words near incendious in the dictionary

  1. incendiarists
  2. incendiary
  3. incendigel
  4. incendijel
  5. incending
  6. incendious
  7. incendive
  8. incendivity
  9. incends
  10. incensation
  11. incensations

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