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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷes-der.? Ancient Greek σβέννῡμῐ (sbénnūmĭ) Ancient Greek σβεστός (sbestós) Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos)bor. Classical Latin asbestoslbor. English asbestos Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English asbestosless From asbestos + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without asbestos.
The public has learned that there is such a thing as an asbestosless asbestos curtain.
1904 January 3, “Sentence Sermons”, in Chicago Tribune, volume 63, number 1, page 16:Teresa was in a deep, lovely, dreamless, asbestosless, pain-free sleep. Why is he pulling her into the living room? What's the rush? He never rushes. Is there a fire?
2013, Greg Kearney, The Desperates: A Novel, Toronto, Ont.: Cormorant Books, →ISBN, page 276:Furnace me anyway, won't you.— that monster occupant in your basement, asbestosless I'll bet, and powerful mean.
2003, Christopher Stieber, “The Blind Date Watches Her Pay Her Bills”, in Indiana Review, volume 25, number 2, page 23:[…] experimental asbestosless insulation was under test on the 16th floor of the World Trade Center.
1970, “The Asbestos Threat”, in Today's Health, volume 48, numbers 7–12, page 31: