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Meaning of phlogistic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Inflammatory; pertaining to inflammations and fevers.
  2. Pertaining to or containing phlogiston.
    historical
  3. Burning, fiery.
    obsolete

Examples

“His experiments, with their phlogistic explanations, led him to believe⟳ that the only distinct species of air were the fixed, alkaline, and acid.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

phlogisticated phlogistonic phlogogenous phlogopitic phlogosed phlogotic

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