anodyne
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
anodyne
- (pharmaceutical effect) capable of soothing or eliminating pain [from 16th c.]
- 1847, Littell's Living Age, number 161, 12 June 1847, in Volume 13, page 483:
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- 1910, Edward L. Keyes, Diseases of the Genito-Urinary Organs, page 211:
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- 1847, Littell's Living Age, number 161, 12 June 1847, in Volume 13, page 483:
- (figuratively) soothing or relaxing [from 18th c.]
- Classical music is rather anodyne.
- (by extension) noncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence or debate [from 20th c.]
- Synonyms: bland, inoffensive, noncontentious
- 2003, The Guardian, 20 May 2003:
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- 2010, "Rattled", The Economist, 9 Dec 2010:
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- German: schmerzstillend, analgetisch
- Portuguese: anódino, antálgico, paliativo
- Russian: болеутоля́ющий
- Spanish: anodino
- French: apaisant
- German: beruhigend
- Portuguese: relaxante
- Russian: успока́ивающий
- Spanish: relajante, tranquilizante
- German: verwässert
- Portuguese: anódino
- Russian: безоби́дный
- Spanish: anodino
anodyne (plural anodynes)
- (pharmaceutical drug) any medicine or other agent that relieves pain
- (figuratively) a source of relaxation or comfort
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. VII:
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- 1929, Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own, page 79:
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- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. VII:
- French: analgésique
- Russian: болеутоля́ющее
- French: calmant
- Russian: успокое́ние
- Spanish: tranquilizante
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