incremable

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin in- + cremare, +‎ -able.

Adjective[edit]

incremable (comparative more incremable, superlative most incremable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Incombustible; resistant to being burnt.
    • 1658, Sir Thoams Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin, published 2005, page 27:
      [] incombustible sheets made with a texture of Asbestos, incremable flax, or Salamanders wool, which preserved their bones and ashes incommixed.