accendible

English

Etymology

From accend +‎ -ible (compare Italian accendibile).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əkˈsɛndɪbəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

accendible (comparative more accendible, superlative most accendible)

1. (obsolete) Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable. [17th–19th c.]
   • 1839, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines:

     Every combustible requires a peculiar pitch of temperature to be kindled, called its accendible point

References

• “accendible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “accendible”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.