flameless

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adjective

That does not emit flames.

OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English flame →
UncommonScrabble 14
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Meanings

adjectiveflameless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat does not emit flames.

    1892, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Phase the Fourth, Chapter 34, A steady glare from the now flameless embers painted the sides and back of the fireplace with its colour […]

    1 more example

    Mr Shrivell pulled one of [the exercise-books] out of the fire and, holding it by a flameless corner, waved it for a moment before the clock.

    1950, Mervyn Peake, chapter 11, in Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  2. Proto-Italic*flagmā
  3. Latinflamma
  4. Old Frenchflame
  5. Anglo-Normanflaume
  6. Middle Englishflawme
  7. Englishflame
  8. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  10. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  11. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  12. Englishflameless

From flame + -less.

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APA

flameless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flameless

MLA

“flameless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flameless. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flameless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flameless.

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