infusible
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From in- + fusible. Compare French infusible.[1]
Adjective
[edit]infusible (comparative more infusible, superlative most infusible)
- That cannot be fused; unmeltable.
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Latin īnfūsibilis.[2] By surface analysis, infuse + -ible.
Adjective
[edit]infusible (comparative more infusible, superlative most infusible) (rare)
- Capable of being infused.
- 1654, H[enry] Hammond, Of Fundamentals in a Notion Referring to Practise, London: […] J[ames] Flesher for Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
- Doctrines being infusible into all.
- From which an infusion may be made.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “infusible, adj.1”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “infusible, adj.2”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]infusible (plural infusibles)
Further reading
[edit]- “infusible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012