adj. & n.
--adj.
1. (of a substance or device, esp. a bomb) designed to cause fires.
2 a of or relating to the malicious setting on fire of property. b guilty of this.
3 tending to stir up strife; inflammatory.
--n. (pl. -ies)
1. an incendiary bomb or device.
2 an incendiary person.
Derivatives:
incendiarism n.
Etymology: ME f. L incendiarius f. incendium conflagration f. incendere incens- set fire to