Meanings
adjectiveanodynous (comparative more anodynous, superlative most anodynous)
comparative more anodynous · superlative most anodynous
- Anodyne.
[S]ome Bodies taken into that of a Man, are deoppilating, others inciding, reſolving, diſcuſſing, ſuppurating, abſterſive of noxious adherences, and thickning the Blood and humors, being aſtringent, Anodinous or appeaſing paine &c.
1671, Robert Boyle, “An Introduction to the History of Particular Qualities. Chapter I.”, in Tracts […]. About the Cosmicall Qualities of Things. […], London: […] W[illiam] H[all] for Ric[hard] Davis, →OCLC, page 6
Origin
- Latinanōdynus
- Englishanodynous
From Latin anōdynus.
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Chicago
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