cloyless

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adjective

That does not cloy; uncloying.

OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English cloy →
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Meanings

adjectivecloyless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat does not cloy; uncloying.

    Epicurean cooks Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite, That sleep and feeding may prorogue his honour Even till a Lethe'd dullness-

    c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
uncloying

Origin

  1. Englishcloy
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishcloyless

From cloy + -less.

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Chicago

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