[f. COMBUSTIBLE + -ITY; cf. Fr. combustibilité.] Combustible quality.
1471. Ripley, Comp. Alch., VII. vi. in Ashm. (1652), 170. Whyte Sulfur wythowte conbustebyllyte.
1624. F. White, Repl. Fisher, 411. Actuall combustibilitie or visibilitie.
1794. G. Adams, Nat. & Exp. Philos., II. xxi. 417. Vegetables are … indebted to the light for their colours … taste, combustibility.
1818. Faraday, Exp. Res., iv. 11. An easy method of exhibiting its [the diamond’s] combustibility.
1834. J. M. Good, Study Med. (ed. 4), II. 634. General combustibility of the body.
