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tindery, a.|ˈtɪndərɪ|
[f. tinder n. + -y.]
Of the nature of or resembling tinder, tinder-like; also fig. easily inflamed, ‘inflammable’, passionate.
1754Richardson Grandison (1781) IV. xviii. 146 What woman would have herself supposed capable of such a tindery fit? 1795F. Burney Lett. 15 June, I love nobody for nothing; I am not so tindery! 1814― Wanderer I. 100 You were in such a tindery fit as to be kindled by that dowdy. 1886M. E. Braddon One Thing Needful v, Sheets of tindery paper. |