tinderlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of tinder.

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Meanings

adjectivetinderlike (comparative more tinderlike, superlative most tinderlike)

comparative more tinderlike · superlative most tinderlike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of tinder.

    hasty and tinder-like upon too trivial motion

    c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]

Origin

From tinder + -like.

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APA

tinderlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tinderlike

MLA

“tinderlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tinderlike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tinderlike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tinderlike.

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