tinderlike

English

Etymology

tinder +‎ -like

Adjective

tinderlike (comparative more tinderlike, superlative most tinderlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of tinder.
   • c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     hasty and tinder-like upon too trivial motion