Meanings
adjectivefireless (not comparable)
- not comparableWithout fire.
a fireless cooker
2 more examples
Nungi, hungry and weary, had come to a fireless and supperless hut, and, after firemaking, was busy preparing supper for himself and Woona—she sitting calmly watching him.
1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 262We had made a fireless camp.
1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 5”, in Imago, page 202
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
- Proto-Germanic*fōr
- Proto-West Germanic*fuir
- Old Englishfȳr
- Middle Englishfyr
- Englishfire
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishfireless
Translations
Ancient Greek ἄπυρος
- ἄπυρος (ápuros)without fire
Finnish tuleton
- tuletonwithout fire
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APA
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MLA
“fireless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fireless. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fireless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fireless.
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