INFLAM'MATORY, adjective Inflaming; tending to excite heat or inflammation; as medicines of an inflammatory nature. 1. Accompanied with preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as an inflammatory fever or disease. 2. Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult or sedition; as inflammatory libels, writings, speeches or publications.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI