English Explanatory Dictionary

phlogiston

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The hypothetical fiery principle formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent of combustible bodies and to be given up by them in burning.

Pronunciation

/flə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɪstɒn/ /flə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɪstən/ En-us-phlogiston.oga

Word forms

phlogiston phlogistons

Etymology

From New Latin phlogiston, coined by Georg Ernst Stahl in 1702, from Ancient Greek φλογιστόν (phlogistón), neuter of φλογιστός (phlogistós, “burnt up, inflammable”), from φλογίζω (phlogízō, “to set fire to”), from φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”).

Derived words

antiphlogiston dephlogisticate dephlogisticated dephlogisticated air phlogistian phlogistic phlogisticate phlogisticated phlogisticated air phlogistication phlogistonic phlogistonism phlogistonist phlogiston theory
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