infusibility

English

Etymology 1

From in- +‎ fusibility. Compare French infusibilité.[1]

Noun

infusibility (uncountable)

  2. Incapability or difficulty of being fused, melted, or dissolved.
    the infusibility of carbon

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, infuse +‎ -ibility.

Noun

infusibility (uncountable)

  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (rare) Capability of being infused, poured in, or instilled.

References

  1. ^ “infusibility, n.1”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “infusibility”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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