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Incendiary

In-cĕn′di-a-ry, n.

noun

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

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

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

adjective

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

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