flameworthy

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adjective

Deserving of being subjected to or engulfed by flames

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Meanings

adjectiveflameworthy (comparative more flameworthy, superlative most flameworthy)

comparative more flameworthy · superlative most flameworthy

  1. Deserving of being subjected to or engulfed by flames

    When Lord Worcester — shrewd fellow, — hinted at steam and gas, he was scouted by the gossips as presumptuous; yea, and so were Lord Liverpool and Mr. Winsor; Socrates and Galileo were most flameworthy heretics, for having seen certain truths too soon; […]

    1851, Martin Farquhar Tupper, The Complete Works of Martin F. Tupper in Four Volumes, page 216

Origin

From flame + -worthy.

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APA

flameworthy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flameworthy

MLA

“flameworthy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flameworthy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flameworthy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flameworthy.

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