flameless en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English flame 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 flameless From flame + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) That does not emit flames.
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: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 […]