firelessness

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noun

The absence of fire.

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Meanings

nounfirelessness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe absence of fire.

    When anthropologist James Frazer examined reports of prehistoric firelessness, he found them equally full of fantasy, such as fire being brought by a cockatoo or being tamed after it was discovered in a woman's genitals.

    2010, Richard Wrangham, Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human, page 27

Origin

From fireless + -ness.

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APA

firelessness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firelessness

MLA

“firelessness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firelessness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “firelessness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firelessness.

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