incendious

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

incendious (comparative more incendious, superlative most incendious)

  1. (obsolete) Promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory.
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  • incendiously

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for incendious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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