Etymology

incendious

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Today it means: Promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory. Full definition →

Latin incendiosus
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  1. Latin · derived fromincendiosus“burning, hot”
  2. English todayincendious

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

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