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Infusible

Infusible \In*fu"si*ble\, a. [From Infuse, v.] Capable of being infused.

Doctrines being infusible into all.
--Hammond.

Infusible

Infusible \In*fu"si*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + fusible: cf. F. infusible.] Not fusible; incapable or difficult of fusion, or of being dissolved or melted.
--Sir T. Browne.

The best crucibles are made of Limoges earth, which seems absolutely infusible.
--Lavoisier (Trans. ).

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infusible

Etymology 1 a. That cannot be fused; unmeltable. Etymology 2

a. 1 Capable of being infused. 2 From which an infusion may be made.

Usage examples of "infusible".

Shaped like a toothpick, needle pointed fore and aft, with ultra-stubby wings and vanes, with flush-set rocket ports everywhere, built of a lustrous, silvery alloy of noble and almost infusible metals - such was the private speedboat of Triplanetary's head man.

Shaped like a toothpick, needle-pointed fore and aft, with ultra-stubby wings and vanes, with flush-set rocket ports everywhere, built of a lustrous, silvery alloy of noble and almost infusible metals — such was the private speedboat of Triplanetary's head man.

Shaped like a toothpick, needle pointed fore and aft, with ultra-stubby wings and vanes, with flush-set rocket ports everywhere, built of a lustrous, silvery alloy of noble and almost infusible metals - such was the private speedboat of Triplanetary’s head man.