anodyne
pronunciation
How to pronounce anodyne in British English:
UK [ˈænədaɪn]
How to pronounce anodyne in American English:
US [ˈænəˌdaɪn]
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- Noun:
- a medicine used to relieve pain
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- Adjective:
- capable of relieving pain
Word Origin
- anodyne (adj.)
- 1540s, from Medieval Latin anodynus "pain-removing, allaying pain," from Latin anodynus "painless," from Greek anodynos "free from pain," from an- "without" (see an- (1)) + odyne "pain," a word perhaps from PIE root *ed- "to eat" (source of Lithuanian edžioti "to devour, bite," edžiotis "to suffer pain;" see eat). In old slang, frequently a euphemism for "death;" as in anodyne necklace "hangman's noose."
Example
- 1. Anodyne can reduce the risk that contracts ovarian can .
- 2. The only documents on open view were anodyne papers , including cvs from job applicants including a former student at britain 's university of huddersfield .
- 3. On a cool and clear spring friday night , in the basement of an anodyne office building in the paris suburb of boulogne-billancourt , about a dozen people took their places to go through the weekly ritual of making one european rich beyond his wildest dreams .
- 4. Even an anodyne diplomatic statement looks hard .
- 5. He used to speak of work as'the great anodyne ' .