Incendiary

(Synop., § 130), n. [Lat. incendiarius, Fr. incendiaire, It. & Sp. incendiario. See infra.]

1. Any person who sets fire to a building; one who maliciously sets fire to another’s dwelling-house or other building.
2. A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes quarrels; an agitator.

Several cities of Greece drove them out as incendiaries. Bentley.

a. [Lat. incendiarius, from incendium, a fire, conflagration; Fr. incendiaire, It. & Sp. incendiario. See INCEND.]

1. Pertaining to the malicious burning of a dwelling; as, an incendiary purpose.
2. Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or quarrel; inflammatory; seditious.