anodyne

Definitions


[ˈanədʌɪn], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- not likely to cause offence or disagreement and somewhat dull
(e.g: anodyne music)


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Origin:
late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek anōdunos ‘painless’, from an- ‘without’ + odunē ‘pain’


[ˈanədʌɪn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a painkilling drug or medicine
(e.g: she had even refused anodynes)


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Origin:
late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek anōdunos ‘painless’, from an- ‘without’ + odunē ‘pain’




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