cast iron that needs no preseasoning 6052

JimLane

Like, I thought I'd pretty well dealt with that above, Jim, when I said: "Anything that's requisite is required. It must predate whatever it is required for; inherent in the definition."

But you probably haven't had your coffee yet, huh...?

Sure. And prepare means to pare first. One can vent and one can prevent...

Different linguistic formations.

"Historically, flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. However, the presence of the prefix in- has misled many people into buttuming that inflammable means "not flammable" or "noncombustible." The prefix -in in inflammable is not, however, the Latin negative prefix -in, which is related to the English -un and appears in such words as indecent and inglorious. Rather, this -in is an intensive prefix derived from the Latin preposition in. This prefix also appears in the word enflame. But many people are not aware of this derivation, and for clarity's sake it is advisable to use only flammable to give warnings."

"Combustible" and "incombustible" are opposites but "flammable" and "inflammable" are synonyms. Why? The "in-" of "incombustible" is a common prefix meaning "not," but the "in-" of "inflammable" is a different prefix. "Inflammable," which dates back to 1605, descends from the Latin "inflammare" ("to inflame"), from "in-" (here meaning "in" or "into") plus "flammare" ("to flame"). "Flammable" also comes from "flammare," but didn't enter English until 1813. In the early 20th century, firefighters worried that people might think "inflammable" meant "not able to catch fire," so they adopted "flammable" and "nonflammable" as official safety labels and encouraged their use to prevent confusion. In general use, "flammable" is now the preferred term for describing things that can catch fire, but "inflammable" is still occasionally used with that meaning as well. --Merriam-Webster dictionary

And then there's waxing poetic and waxing Brazilian...

Pastorio