Incendiary (adj)
in-sen-de-a-ree
(of a device or attack) designed to cause fires./Controversial, designed to cause conflict.
Late Middle English from Latin incendiarius, from incendium ‘conflagration’, from incendere ‘set fire to’.
Example sentences
“Thankfully the incendiary device was found in time.”
Ireful (adj) ayur-ful full of intense anger; wrathful. Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; ire, -ful (more…)
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
