phlogistic adjective. [flǝ'dʒɪstɪk, -'gɪst-] M18.
[In sense 1 from PHLOGISTON, in senses 2 and 3 from Greek phlogistos flammable: see -IC.]
1. History of Science. Of the nature of or consisting of phlogiston; pertaining to phlogiston. Formerly also, containing phlogiston, combustible. M18.

2. Inflammatory. Now rare or obsolete. M18.

3. Burning, fiery, heated, inflamed, (lit. & fig.). Chiefly rhet. L18-M19.

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